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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 group does Diangelo say has been socialized into an internalized sense of superiority?
2. Who does Diangelo write has prejudice?
3. As stated in Chapter 4, what do white people represent in Western society?
4. What, according to Diangelo, do white people need to understand in order to understand white fragility?
5. What was the name of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is discrimination?
2. What does Diangelo not have to deal with in terms of race on a daily basis?
3. What does Diangelo acknowledge about her white status?
4. What is the racial ideology in the U.S., as defined by Diangelo?
5. What is the concept of the melting pot?
6. What does the term color celebrate mean, as defined by Diangelo?
7. What is white flight?
8. Where does Diangelo say white fragility come from?
9. What does Diangelo say about how white folks' react to challenges to their racial world views?
10. Who is Robin Diangelo?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you explore the various ways that white people in Western society benefit from the larger system of racism. In what ways does whiteness as status affect someone's identity, personhood, and perspective on the world? Be specific in your reasoning and use examples from the text to support your claims.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you write about colorblindness and how it affects white people's ideas about race and racism. What is colorblindness, and in what ways does it manifest and continue to exist?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you explore the idea of racism as a system. In what ways is racism an institution and not something that is strictly relegated to individuals or individual situations?
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