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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 are the two ideologies in Western culture that make exploring cultural frameworks difficult?

2. What does Diangelo think about treating everyone the same, regardless of race?

3. What is aversive racism?

4. What does color blindness exempt white people from?

5. What is the general understanding of whiteness, as defined in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Diangelo think about color blindness?

5. Where does Diangelo say white fragility come from?

6. What is white flight?

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

8. What does Diangelo acknowledge about her white status?

9. How was Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech misinterpreted by white people?

10. What is a common response to race-talk in the name of colorblindness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you examine Diangelo's ideas about prejudice. What does she say about prejudice, and why is it important that white people understand her definition of it? In what ways could it help them to better challenge themselves and systemic racism as a whole?

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

Write an essay in which you describe the author's narrative tone and writing style. How does it affect the reader, and what does it do to enhance the themes and ideas she is presenting? Use examples from the text to support your claims.

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