Summary of Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility

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Get the Summary of Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In this thought-provoking and incisive book, Robin DiAngelo tackles the issue of racism in America by challenging white supremacy. She asks white people to examine their culture and socialization in order to understand and disrupt racism as a system and structure.

About the Original Book: In White Fragility: Why It's so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Robin DiAngelo explains how white people misunderstand the concept of racism and therefore, refuse to talk about it openly. She uses her experience as a diversity trainer to explain how America is inherently racist and that all white people must be courageous enough to see their complicity in the racist system. White Fragility digs deep into white culture and history to reveal some hidden facets of white society that many wouldn't openly expose. DiAngelo's goal is to teach white people how racism works at an individual level so that they can understand just how damaging it is to society as a whole - and hopefully, so they can fix it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jan 25, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638150503

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Contents

Summary of Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility

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Summary of Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility

Overview

Conversations about race in the United States are fraught to the point of dysfunction. Whose fault is it?

In White Fragility (2018), diversity training consultant Robin DiAngelo argues that white people resist honest conversations about race because any frank discussions of their own racial biases are uncomfortable and hurt their feelings.