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

4.0

This is a great book but very introductory and some of the sections were uncomfortable to read in terms of not quite working ethically/politically - especially the short history of non-White groups in the US, including the fact that this section did not start with Native Americans. Like many books from a critical whiteness/critical race there is work needed in overcoming the invisibility of and working towards incorporating Indigenous perspectives and critiques of Settler-Colonizing relations and it was disappointing that this was not addressed more centrally. Other than that a fine book for anyone looking for an introduction to critical whiteness studies and the cultivation of an active, ethical and considered anti-racist politics