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.

ISBN: 0807047406 EAN: 9780807047408
Publisher: Beacon Press (View Publisher's Titles)
Binding: Hardcover

Pub Date: November 17, 2020

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ISBN: 0807047414 EAN: 9780807047415

Publisher: Beacon Press (View Publisher's Titles)

Binding: Paperback

Pub Date: June 26, 2018

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ISBN: 197492341X EAN: 9781974923410

Publisher: Dreamscape Media (View Publisher's Titles)

Binding: MP3 CD

Pub Date: July 24, 2018

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WHITE FRAGILITY: WHY IT'S SO HARD FOR WHITE PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT RACISM