White Fragility : Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

DiAngelo, Robin

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.

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.

Kustantaja: Penguin
Sidosasu: Pehmeäkantinen
ean: 9780141990569
Ilmestymisvuosi: 2019