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by Robin Diangelo; Foreword by Michael Eric Dyson


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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 (from publishers website).

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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.

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  • Title White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism
  • Author Robin Diangelo; Foreword by Michael Eric Dyson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Beacon Press
  • Date 2018-06-26
  • ISBN 9780807047415 / 0807047414
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.6 in (22.35 x 14.99 x 1.52 cm)
  • Reading level 1140
  • Library of Congress subjects Race relations, Racism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018003562
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.8

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 06/15/2018, Page 84
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/23/2018, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 07/13/2018, Page 0

About the author

Robin DiAngelo is an academic, lecturer, and author and has been a consultant and trainer on issues of racial and social justice for more than twenty years. She formerly served as a tenured professor of multicultural education at Westfield State University.
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