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

by Robin DiAngelo (Author)

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 "fundamental, essential, and lovely book" (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist teacher Robin DiAngelo deftly lights up the marvel of white delicacy and "permits us to comprehend bigotry as a training not limited to 'awful individuals' (Claudia Rankine). Alluding to the cautious moves that white individuals make when tested racially, white delicacy is portrayed by feelings, for example, outrage, dread, and coerce, and by practices including argumentation and quiet. These practices, thus, capacity to reestablish white racial harmony and forestall any significant cross-racial discourse. In this top to bottom investigation, DiAngelo looks at how white delicacy grows, how it secures racial disparity, and what we can do to connect all the more usefully.