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

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ruthhelizabeth's review

challenging informative medium-paced

2.5

This book gave me a lot of food for thought as a White reader despite the flaws. Even the act of reading this book as a White left wing person trying to become an anti-racist was critiqued and challenged in the book. What was my motive? Did I improve my own self-image merely by reading? Would the only perspective I read be by a White author? This is part of a range of books about anti-racism I'm reading this year and I am also reading in a group for White people to become better anti-racist allies. I think that is a very good model for me to read it, but if I wasn't planning to discuss it, I think this book would also benefit from having more structured self-reflection questions. I also do question if it's a good use of time to prioritise reading about anti-racism from a book written by a White author rather than one written by someone who has the most lived experience - Black, Asian, Indigenous or other people from minority ethnic backgrounds. Another critique has been raised with the key concept of this book: is 'White fragility' the best chosen language when the reality is that the behaviours associated with it are not a type of fragility, they are a type of violence. Lots of food for thought here overall, but the book has it's weaknesses too, and I think I would prioritise a book by a Black, Asian, Indigenous or other minority ethnic person over this if I had had the choice.

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challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

4.0

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random19379's review

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.25

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