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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. Does Diangelo think racism has adapted over time?

2. What is white people's general definition of racism, according to Diangelo?

3. What does Diangelo say about racism in relation to society?

4. What is objectivity?

5. What is the concept of the melting pot?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is aversive racism?

2. What is white solidarity, as defined by Diangelo?

3. What is race?

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

5. What does Diangelo say about how white folks' react to challenges to their racial world views?

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

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

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

9. Where does Diangelo say white fragility come from?

10. What has the good/bad binary done to white people, according to Diangelo?

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

Write an essay in which you describe white fragility. What is it and how does it affect society as a whole? Use specific examples from the text to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you write about the significance of the book, and the potential of its impact on readers. Why is this book so important? Who should be reading it, and why?

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