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White fragility : why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism

By: Publication details: London : Allen Lane (Penguin), 2019Description: xiii, 168pISBN:
  • 9780141990569
  • 9781802060706
  • 9780141990576
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • HM 330.
Summary: 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.
List(s) this item appears in: Croydon Health Services Exploring Race and Ethnicity EDI Collection | Whittington Equalities and Inclusion Collection | SLaM Library Black History Month and anti-racism books | SLaM Library New Books October 2023 | RMH Black History Month 2023
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EDI Collection Exploring Race H91 Superior : the return of race science EDI Collection Exploring Race H91 Girl, woman, other EDI Collection Exploring Race H91 Black and British : a forgotten history EDI Collection Exploring Race H91 White fragility : why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism EDI Collection Exploring Race H91 Notes Of A Native Son EDI Collection Exploring Race H91 So you want to talk about race EDI Collection Exploring Race H91 Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race

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.

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