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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. What did Diangelo learn about how white people discuss about race and racism?

2. Who uses the term "white racial bonding" to describe how white people work together to remain complicit in the fight against racism?

3. With what common phrase do white people claim to value diversity?

4. What crime does Diangelo liken racism to?

5. Who does Diangelo write has prejudice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Diangelo say white fragility come from?

2. How was Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech misinterpreted by white people?

3. What does Diangelo say about teaching people to treat everyone the same?

4. What does Diangelo not have to deal with in terms of race on a daily basis?

5. What is the racial ideology in the U.S., as defined by Diangelo?

6. According to Diangelo, who was considered to be racist after the civil rights movement?

7. What does Diangelo say about how white folks' react to challenges to their racial world views?

8. What does Diangelo acknowledge about her white status?

9. What has the good/bad binary done to white people, according to Diangelo?

10. What is aversive racism?

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 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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you examine Diangelo's ideas about prejudice. What does she say about prejudice, and why is it important that white people understand her definition of it? In what ways could it help them to better challenge themselves and systemic racism as a whole?

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