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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 does Diangelo state that the good/bad binary suggest about racism?

2. What crime does Diangelo liken racism to?

3. What does racism need to be distinguished from in order to understand it, according to Diangelo?

4. Who is pounding their fist in the first anecdote of the book?

5. What professional fields do white people dominate in Western society?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Diangelo think about color blindness?

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

3. What is white flight?

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

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

6. What is the system of racism?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 explore why it is difficult for cross-racial discussions about race to happen without upset from white participants. Based on Diangelo's examples, why is white people's claim to victimhood when challenged about their racism harmful to progress? Use specific examples to help explain your ideas.

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