1. What does Diangelo hear from white people about racism at her workshops?
(a) That white people experience racism too.
(b) The same claims over and over.
(c) That we are living in a postracial world.
(d) It varies from workshop to workshop.

2. What does the term "race talk" imply?
(a) It always implies a racial "us" and "them."
(b) It implies a general sense of unity among races.
(c) It implies that people of color need to talk about race less.
(d) It implies that more white people need to talk about race.

3. What does Diangelo write that color blind ideology start out with?
(a) Bad intentions.
(b) A small idea that got bigger and bigger over time.
(c) Both good and bad intentions.
(d) Good intentions.

4. Who does race have a hand in shaping?
(a) Race does not shape people.
(b) Everyone.
(c) White people only.
(d) People of color only.

5. What specific words do whites use to describe their feelings in the face of being challenged on their racism, as stated in Chapter 8?
(a) Affection, fondness.
(b) Trauma, anxiety.
(c) Torture, war.
(d) Love, acceptance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the use of the language by which whites claim to feel unsafe illustrate about white people in relation to racial discourse, according to Chapter 8?

2. What does Diangelo state that the good/bad binary suggest about racism?

3. What does Diangelo state in Chapter 8 that white fragility function as a form of?

4. According to Diangelo, what does it mean to deny a person of color's race?

5. What is the good/bad binary?

(see the answer key)

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