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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. Who have been the greatest beneficiaries of affirmative action?

2. Diangelo writes that people of color know white people have what?

3. What does Diangelo not wish to do in addressing anti-black sentiments?

4. What are three key aspects to habitus that are relevant to white fragility?

5. What did one unhappy program participant email Diangelo that she would rather talk about than race?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are white tears?

2. Accordign to Diangelo, how does white fragility affect people who offer feedback to white people?

3. According to Diangelo, how does white people's avoidance of discomfort in race talk affect their potential for growth?

4. What does Diangelo say about anti-blackness?

5. What kinds of things are helpful to white people interested in challenging their internalized racism, according to Diangelo?

6. What does habitus depend upon?

7. White fragility can be understood as a response to what, according to Diangelo?

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

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

10. What is habitus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you write about the significance of the book, and the potential of its impact on readers. Why is this book so important? Who should be reading it, and why?

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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