White fragility : why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism / Robin DiAngelo.
Material type: TextPublisher: [London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2019Copyright date: ©2018Description: xiii, 168 pages ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
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- 0141990562
- 9780141990569
- Why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism
- 305.8 23
- HT1521.DIA 2019
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Originally published: Boston : Beacon Press, 2018.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: we can't get there from here -- The challenges of talking to white people about racism -- Racism and white supremacy -- Racism after the civil rights movement -- How does race shape the lives of white people? -- The good/bad binary -- Anti-blackness -- Racial triggers for white people -- The result: white fragility -- White fragility in action -- White fragility and the rules of engagement -- White women's tears -- Where do we go from here?.
"Anger. Fear. Guilt. Denial. Silence. These are the ways in which ordinary white people react when it is pointed out to them that they have done or said something that has - unintentionally - caused racial offence or hurt. After, all, a racist is the worst thing a person can be, right? But these reactions only serve to silence people of colour, who cannot give honest feedback to 'liberal' white people lest they provoke a dangerous emotional reaction. Robin DiAngelo coined the term 'White Fragility' in 2011 to describe this process and is here to show us how it serves to uphold the system of white supremacy. Using knowledge and insight gained over decades of running racial awareness workshops and working on this idea as a Professor of Whiteness Studies, she shows us how we can start having more honest conversations, listen to each other better and react to feedback with grace and humility. It is not enough to simply hold abstract progressive views and condemn the obvious racists on social media - change starts with us all at a practical, granular level, and it is time for all white people to take responsibility for relinquishing their own racial supremacy."--Publisher's website.
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