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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. As written in Chapter 8, what is one way whites protect their positions when challenged on race?
2. What does Diangelo say Mr. Roberts and his colleague were unable to do?
3. What does Diangelo state in Chapter 8 that white fragility function as a form of?
4. How early do children start to construct their ideas about race, as stated in Chapter 8?
5. Where is the highest level of segregation according to a 2015 study?
Short Essay Questions
1. Under what conditions does Diangelo say white people are responsive to her racism talks?
2. What do white racial assumptions do for white people and society as a whole?
3. What does habitus depend upon?
4. What does Diangelo say about The Blind Side?
5. White fragility can be understood as a response to what, according to Diangelo?
6. Why, according to Diangelo, do so many white people feel the need to "build trust" before they talk to others about race?
7. What is anti-blackness rooted in?
8. What are some common assumptions white people have about themselves or others in regard to racism, according to Diangelo?
9. What are some common claims white people use to assuage their complicity, according to Diangelo?
10. How does white fragility function as a form of bullying, as explained by Diangelo?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you analyze the good/bad binary that Diangelo mentions in the text. What is the good/bad binary, and in what ways is it harmful (to whites, to people of color, and to collective efforts to challenge systematic racism)?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you discuss how white solidarity and supremacy is reflected in mainstream media. How do these systems of oppression show themselves in the movies, television, and books we consume and continue to make in our society?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you explain several ways that white people can interrupt white fragility. Choose three main strategies that Diangelo outlines in the text, and write about why these strategies are important and impactful.
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