White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About RacismThe New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality. In this “vital, necessary, and beautiful book” (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and “allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to ‘bad people’ (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively. |
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User Review - Akerekes83 - LibraryThingThis is probably the most racist recent book I have ever had the opportunity to read. It appears to be be written by a someone steeped in a race-essentialist metaphysical world view tinted with white ... Read full review
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User Review - jemmatcf - LibraryThingI recommend this book because it offers a new understanding of the society we live in, race, racism and how the problem white people have with talking about racism actually perpetuates and helps keep ... Read full review
Contents
| 1 | |
| 7 | |
Racism and White Supremacy | 15 |
Racism After the Civil Rights Movement | 39 |
How Does Race Shape the Lives of White People? | 51 |
The GoodBad Binary | 71 |
AntiBlackness | 89 |
Racial Triggers for White People | 99 |
White Fragility in Action | 115 |
White Fragility and the Rules of Engagement | 123 |
White Womens Tears | 131 |
Where Do We Go from Here? | 139 |
| 155 | |
Acknowledgments | 159 |
Notes | 161 |
White Fragility | 107 |
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Dr. Robin DiAngelo No preview available - 2020 |
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Dr. Robin DiAngelo No preview available - 2020 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism |
| Author | Dr. Robin DiAngelo |
| Contributor | Michael Eric Dyson |
| Publisher | Beacon Press, 2018 |
| ISBN | 0807047422, 9780807047422 |
| Length | 192 pages |
| Subjects | › › Family & Relationships / Prejudice Social Science / Discrimination Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General |
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