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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following does Saad cite in reviewing the third week of the work outlined in the book?
2. Saad describes white saviorism as which of the following?
3. In what year did Viola Davis accept the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award?
4. Saad cites Spike Lee as defining the “magical negro” in what way (136)?
5. The term “white apathy” carries what meaning in the book?
Short Essay Questions
1. In moving into the second week of the work outlined in the book, Saad notes that those doing the work should not voice their discomfort to BIPOC if they are not BIPOC. What reason does she give for her statement?
2. Saad makes particular mention of the hijab as an issue of white saviorism (206). Why might she have done so, based upon the materials included in the book?
3. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad notes the CDC findings that Black women are three to four times as likely to die from pregnancy than white women (126)?
4. What problems does Saad identify in the Mammy and magical negro stereotypes?
5. Why, per Saad, is positive stereotyping harmful?
6. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Teju Cole at length (203-04)?
7. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad discusses being invited to speak at a UK festival (210-12)?
8. Saad makes a point of noting the backgrounds of the sources she cites throughout her book. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when she does so?
9. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Latham Thomas at length (212-13)?
10. In moving into the second week of the work outlined in the book, Saad notes that biracial, multiracial, and white-passing persons of color are likely to experience particular discomfort in addressing the work of the week. What reason does she give for her statement?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In “A Little about Me,” Saad rehearses her family background, noting her parents’ immigration history, their movements among countries, and their career paths. She uses her family’s experience and her own to situate herself as having authority to discuss the matters in the book. Wherein does she have authority? Wherein does she lack it? How does the text show it?
Essay Topic 2
Consider questions of demographic and other groups. For a given area—restricted to the present and local—what are the dominant demographic and other groups? What assumptions does the dominant population have about itself? How are those assumptions helpful? How are they harmful? On the whole, are they beneficial?
Essay Topic 3
Near the end of the 28-day work outlined in the book, Saad asks “what it means to be ‘good’ as a person who holds white privilege” (258). What does it mean? How do you know?
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