White fragility : why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvii, 169 pages)
remote - Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2018]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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? |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Restrictions unspecified |
Summary, etc.: | 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, antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo explores how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively. |
Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. |
System Details Note: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 |
Action Note: | digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Subject: | Racism Whites Defensiveness (Psychology) Race relations Racism European Continental Ancestry Group Race Relations Racisme Society & culture: general Sociology & anthropology |
Genre: | Electronic book collection. Electronic books. |
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