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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. Under what circumstances are white people at Diangelo's workshops receptive?

2. At what point in her life did Diangelo experience a challenge to her racial identity?

3. When does whiteness exist according to Coates?

4. What limits white people from forming connections across racial lines, according to Diangelo?

5. Who does the chain of self-defense blame for white people's discomfort about racism, according to Diangelo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Diangelo say about anti-blackness?

2. What does habitus do for white people specifically, accordign to Diangelo?

3. What does it mean to be "less white"?

4. What are some common claims white people use to assuage their complicity, according to Diangelo?

5. What are some common assumptions white people have about themselves or others in regard to racism, according to Diangelo?

6. What does Diangelo ask as a white person who wants to challenge their own internalized racism?

7. Under what conditions does Diangelo say white people are responsive to her racism talks?

8. Why, according to Diangelo, do so many white people feel the need to "build trust" before they talk to others about race?

9. What does Diangelo write is problematic about white people using the language of violence to describe their own white fragility?

10. What are some common emotional reactions white people have when their assumptions are challenged, according to Diangelo?

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 discuss the concept of affirmative action. What is affirmative action, and who does it influence, and in what ways?

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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