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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 does Diangelo ask white people to consider about racism?
2. What did Eva do after her first workshop?
3. What is one function of white fragility, according to Diangelo?
4. Diangelo writes that people of color know white people have what?
5. How do white people ineffectively apologize for their racism, as stated by Diangelo in Chapter 9?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is habitus?
2. What are the three key aspects to Bourdieu’s theory that are relevant to white fragility?
3. What are some common claims white people use to assuage their complicity, according to Diangelo?
4. What does Diangelo write is problematic about white people using the language of violence to describe their own white fragility?
5. What does Diangelo ask as a white person who wants to challenge their own internalized racism?
6. What are some functions of white fragility?
7. What does Diangelo believe is more important than working to convince others that racist patterns exist?
8. What does habitus do for white people specifically, accordign to Diangelo?
9. What kinds of things are helpful to white people interested in challenging their internalized racism, according to Diangelo?
10. Under what conditions does Diangelo say white people are responsive to her racism talks?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you write about the significance of the book, and the potential of its impact on readers. Why is this book so important? Who should be reading it, and why?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay exploring how Diangelo positions herself in the book. How does she refer to herself in relation to the topic at hand (white fragility), and how does this affect the reader and the impact of the book?
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