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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
4 reviews
solnit_and_sebastian's review
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
An illuminating and imperative text that should be required reading for white Americans.
"I often ask people of color, 'How often have you given white people feedback on our unaware yet inevitable racism? How often has that gone well for you? . . . What would it be like if you could simply give us feedback, have us graciously receive it, reflect, and work to change the behavior?' Recently a man of color sighed and said, 'It would be revolutionary.' I ask my fellow whites to consider the profundity of that response. It would be revolutionary if we could receive, reflect, and work to change the behavior. On the one hand, the man's response points to how difficult and fragile we are. But on the other hand, it indicates how simple it can be to take responsibility for our racism." (DiAngelo, p. 113)
"I often ask people of color, 'How often have you given white people feedback on our unaware yet inevitable racism? How often has that gone well for you? . . . What would it be like if you could simply give us feedback, have us graciously receive it, reflect, and work to change the behavior?' Recently a man of color sighed and said, 'It would be revolutionary.' I ask my fellow whites to consider the profundity of that response. It would be revolutionary if we could receive, reflect, and work to change the behavior. On the one hand, the man's response points to how difficult and fragile we are. But on the other hand, it indicates how simple it can be to take responsibility for our racism." (DiAngelo, p. 113)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, and Racial slurs
Minor: Rape, Slavery, and Murder
witwickan's review
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Genocide, Police brutality, Murder, Racism, and Slavery
tetedump's review
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality, Death, Sexual violence, Slavery, Racism, Murder, Gun violence, Colonisation, Rape, Torture, and Violence
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Murder, Xenophobia, and Hate crime
Minor: Transphobia, Classism, and Sexism
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