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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. In the book, the term “absolve” carries what meaning?
2. The term “white apathy” carries what meaning in the book?
3. Saad cites Spike Lee as defining the “magical negro” in what way (136)?
4. The term “allyship” carries what meaning?
5. The term “vilified” refers to which of the following?
Short Essay Questions
1. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad explains the relationship between white centering and white supremacy on the second day of the third week of work?
2. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Latham Thomas at length (212-13)?
3. Saad makes particular mention of the hijab as an issue of white saviorism (206). Why might she have done so, based upon the materials included in the book?
4. Saad makes a point of noting the backgrounds of the sources she cites throughout her book. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when she does so?
5. What is meant in the book by “representation,” particularly as pertains to Viola Davis’s speech (123-25)?
6. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad explains the relationship between racist stereotypes and the perpetuation of white supremacy on the fifth day of Week 2?
7. Part of the problem inherent in tokenism is that of the small sample size; a single iteration cannot be assumed to be authentically representative. What, per Saad, might be one means of addressing tokenism?
8. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Teju Cole at length (203-04)?
9. What benefit/s does Saad identify in grouping people together as BIPOC?
10. In moving into the second week of the work outlined in the book, Saad notes that those doing the work should not voice their discomfort to BIPOC if they are not BIPOC. What reason does she give for her statement?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Saad notes that leadership carries additional responsibility (245-46). Others have written and spoken to the same. Look at one leader whom you follow. How does that leader take on additional responsibility? How should that leader do so to a greater extent? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Near the end of the 28-day work outlined in the book, Saad asks “what it means to be ‘good’ as a person who holds white privilege” (258). What does it mean? How do you know?
Essay Topic 3
Saad remarks at length on the “adultification” of Black youth. What does it mean to be an adult? How does this manifest in a given cultural group? How is adultification harmful to members of that group? Why would adultificiation be applied to children of that group?
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