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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 Chapter 7, what is produced and reproduced by the continual social and material advantages of whiteness?
2. Who are corporations more likely to favor regarding affirmative action, as stated in Chapter 6?
3. What did Diangelo once joke about to a black colleague?
4. Where is the highest level of segregation according to a 2015 study?
5. What is it Diangelo's job to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some common claims white people use to assuage their complicity, according to Diangelo?
2. What does Diangelo say about anti-blackness?
3. What does Diangelo believe is more important than working to convince others that racist patterns exist?
4. How does white fragility function as a form of bullying, as explained by Diangelo?
5. What does it mean to be "less white"?
6. What are white tears?
7. What does Diangelo ask as a white person who wants to challenge their own internalized racism?
8. Under what conditions does Diangelo say white people are responsive to her racism talks?
9. What kind of language does Diangelo say whites can use to victimize themselves in moments in which they are challenged?
10. What may employers be required to do if they choose not to hire a person of color?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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 describe how white fragility affects people of color. How does one's demonstration of white fragility (in whatever form) actively harm people of color? Be specific and use examples from the text for support.
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