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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 white supremacy draw much of its power?

2. How does the good/bad binary affect race talk, according to Diangelo in Chapter 5?

3. What does it mean to be perceived as white?

4. What does research say about children and race?

5. As stated in Chapter 4, what do white people represent in Western society?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Diangelo say white fragility come from?

2. What does Diangelo acknowledge about her white status?

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

4. As Diangelo writes in Chapter 5, when was it socially acceptable for white people to be openly racist?

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

6. What does Diangelo not have to deal with in terms of race on a daily basis?

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

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

9. What is white flight?

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 analyze Diangelo's guidelines for white people who want to educate themselves on race. In what ways do you think her tips and suggestions for white people who seek to challenge their racist internalizations are effective or ineffective, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you write about the various ways that white people allow racism to continue to manifest and perpetuate itself in society. Choose three examples mentioned in the text and explain why they do little to challenge racism as it exists in our world today.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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