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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. According to Diangelo, what is one kind of behavior white people can exhibit when confronted about racism?
2. What is one common assumption white people make about themselves, according to Diangelo in Chapter 9?
3. What is it Diangelo's job to do?
4. What specific words do whites use to describe their feelings in the face of being challenged on their racism, as stated in Chapter 8?
5. Who said, "if privilege is defined as a legitimization of one’s entitlement to resources, it can also be defined as permission to escape or avoid any challenges to this entitlement” (112).
Short Essay Questions
1. What is strange about white superiority despite its ubiquity, according to Diangelo?
2. Under what conditions does Diangelo say white people are responsive to her racism talks?
3. How do white people protect their positions of power, according to Diangelo?
4. Why, according to Diangelo, do so many white people feel the need to "build trust" before they talk to others about race?
5. What does Diangelo write happens to white people when disequilibrium occurs?
6. What does habitus depend upon?
7. What does Diangelo believe is more important than working to convince others that racist patterns exist?
8. What does Diangelo say about anti-blackness?
9. What are some common claims white people use to assuage their complicity, according to Diangelo?
10. What does Diangelo say about The Blind Side?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you explain several ways that white people can interrupt white fragility. Choose three main strategies that Diangelo outlines in the text, and write about why these strategies are important and impactful.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you analyze the good/bad binary that Diangelo mentions in the text. What is the good/bad binary, and in what ways is it harmful (to whites, to people of color, and to collective efforts to challenge systematic racism)?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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