goldandsalt 's review for:

What Does It Mean to Be White?; Developing White Racial Literacy by Robin DiAngelo

5.0

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Just fantastic. While i've been exposed to a lot of this material through my sociology classes, it's one thing to read about racism in an academic article, and it's another thing to read about it in a book meant for a popular audience. I found this book very easy (if not comfortable) to read. It also did a lot to help me develop my own vocabulary and ability to speak about race. I've been consciously trying to increase my race literacy for several years now, but found it exceedingly difficult to talk about it out loud, for fear of saying something wrong. DiAngelo is good at reminding us that we're going to mess up. That we must make mistakes and gracefully learn from them.

I look forward to reading her more recent work.