White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism
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The 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.
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism
By Dr. Robin DiAngelo
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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.
ISBN
9780807047415
Pages
192 pages
Publisher
Beacon Press
Published
Jun 26, 2018
Language
en
Cover type
Paperback
Book details
- Authors
- Dr. Robin DiAngelo
- ISBN
- 9780807047415
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Binding
- Paperback
- Published
- Jun 26, 2018
- Publication year
- 2018
- Pages
- 192
- Dimensions
- 9.0 in × 0.57 in × 6.0 in
- Language
- en
- Categories
- Self-HelpPersonal TransformationParenting & RelationshipsPolitics & Social SciencesSocial SciencesEthnic StudiesAnthropologyCulturalSociologyRace RelationsPolitics & GovernmentSpecific Topics