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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. Who is the focus of the anti-black film, The Blind Side?

2. What does Diangelo try to do if she feels moved to tears in a workshop?

3. According to Diangelo, what tends to happen when people of color give white people feedback on their racist actions?

4. Who does Diangelo write that white fragility punishes in racial discourse?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. White fragility can be understood as a response to what, according to Diangelo?

2. Accordign to Diangelo, how does white fragility affect people who offer feedback to white people?

3. What is anti-blackness rooted in?

4. What are white tears?

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

6. What does Diangelo ask as a white person who wants to challenge their own internalized racism?

7. What are some common emotional reactions white people have when their assumptions are challenged, according to Diangelo?

8. What does Diangelo write is problematic about white people using the language of violence to describe their own white fragility?

9. What is habitus?

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 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?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you discuss the concept of affirmative action. What is affirmative action, and who does it influence, and in what ways?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you analyze the concept of white tears. What is this, and in what ways does it hinder white people from developing and educating themselves on race and racism?

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