White Fragility Test | Final Test - Medium

Robin DiAngelo
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 145 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

White Fragility Test | Final Test - Medium

Robin DiAngelo
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 145 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Diangelo push back against Eva?
(a) She told Eva to leave.
(b) She asked about how her experience living in the US for 20 years impacted her understanding of racism.
(c) She asked Eva if she had ever seen films or read books.
(d) She did not push back.

2. Why do people cry white tears?
(a) They feel loved.
(b) They feel sadness.
(c) They feel attacked.
(d) They feel empathy.

3. What is white fragility much more than, according to Diangelo?
(a) Crying and bullying.
(b) Defensiveness and whining.
(c) Laughing and loving.
(d) Accepting and respecting.

4. What does Diangelo believe about stopping racist patterns?
(a) That it is more important then trying to convince others they do not exist.
(b) It is more important than climate change.
(c) It is not that important.
(d) It is imporant but less so than climate change.

5. According to Diangelo, white fragility can be understood as what?
(a) A natural part of life.
(b) Something only bad white people exhibit.
(c) Fine in moderation.
(d) The sociology of dominance.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do whites characterize themselves in the discourse of self-defense, according to Diangelo?

2. What do white people need to interrupt white fragility, according to Diangelo?

3. What does Diangelo write is integral to white identity?

4. What does Diangelo write is one very common claim white people use when challenged about racism?

5. What is field, as stated in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is affirmative action, and who does it affect?

3. What kind of language does Diangelo say whites can use to victimize themselves in moments in which they are challenged?

4. What does Diangelo say about anti-blackness?

5. What does habitus depend upon?

6. What does habitus do for white people specifically, accordign to Diangelo?

7. What is strange about white superiority despite its ubiquity, according to Diangelo?

8. What are some common claims white people use to assuage their complicity, according to Diangelo?

9. What is habitus?

10. What are the three key aspects to Bourdieu’s theory that are relevant to white fragility?

(see the answer keys)

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