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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. Where does Diangelo belong, as stated in Chapter 4?

2. What is aversive racism?

3. Where does white supremacy draw much of its power?

4. What is one claim Diangelo hears from white people often?

5. What does the suggestion that being white has meaning tend to impact white people?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Diangelo, who was considered to be racist after the civil rights movement?

2. What does the term color celebrate mean, as defined by Diangelo?

3. What is the racial ideology in the U.S., as defined by Diangelo?

4. What is aversive racism?

5. What is discrimination?

6. According to Diangelo, wow is whiteness perceived in society?

7. What is the system of racism?

8. What is new racism?

9. What does research show about children and race?

10. Why was Diangelo taken back by white audiences in the early days of her work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss how white solidarity and supremacy is reflected in mainstream media. How do these systems of oppression show themselves in the movies, television, and books we consume and continue to make in our society?

Essay Topic 2

Diangelo claims that race relations are extremely complex. Write an essay in which you outline at least three ways in which race relations are more complex than white people can understand. In what ways are issues of race complex and multilayered, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore why it is difficult for cross-racial discussions about race to happen without upset from white participants. Based on Diangelo's examples, why is white people's claim to victimhood when challenged about their racism harmful to progress? Use specific examples to help explain your ideas.

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