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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. What, according to Diangelo, do white people need to understand in order to understand white fragility?

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

3. What does a person mean when they say they are colorblind?

4. Does Diangelo think racism has adapted over time?

5. Who does Diangelo write has prejudice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Diangelo say about how one's parent's can affect their views on race?

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

3. What is aversive racism?

4. What does Diangelo acknowledge about her white status?

5. What are the two key ideologies in Western culture that make exploring cultural frameworks difficult?

6. Who is actually allowed to assimilate in U.S. culture, according to Diangelo?

7. Where does Diangelo say white fragility come from?

8. What does Diangelo say about teaching people to treat everyone the same?

9. What does the idea that racism is not a white problem do, according to Diangelo?

10. According to Diangelo, how do white people tend to react to the suggestion that being white has meaning?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explain several ways that white people can interrupt white fragility. Choose three main strategies that Diangelo outlines in the text, and write about why these strategies are important and impactful.

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 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?

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