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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 do white people need to interrupt white fragility, according to Diangelo?
2. What does Diangelo ask white people to consider about racism?
3. What is capital, as stated in Chapter 7?
4. Who are corporations more likely to favor regarding affirmative action, as stated in Chapter 6?
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 are some functions of white fragility?
2. What is anti-blackness rooted in?
3. What does Diangelo write happens to white people when disequilibrium occurs?
4. What may employers be required to do if they choose not to hire a person of color?
5. What does Diangelo say about anti-blackness?
6. What are some common claims white people use to assuage their complicity, according to Diangelo?
7. What do white racial assumptions do for white people and society as a whole?
8. What kind of language does Diangelo say whites can use to victimize themselves in moments in which they are challenged?
9. What are some common assumptions white people have about themselves or others in regard to racism, according to Diangelo?
10. What does Diangelo ask as a white person who wants to challenge their own internalized racism?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you describe white fragility. What is it and how does it affect society as a whole? Use specific examples from the text to support your claims.
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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