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White fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism // robin diangelo

Had a former English teacher recommend me this (we still get coffee hehe) and I’m not too far into it but it’s already made me think about race and conversations about race differently.
I’m biracial and in the introduction, Diangelo actually talks about the “middle” and this idea of “saliency” in regards to multiracial people, and I *never* hear people talk about the multiracial experience, even if the author admits it’s too complex of a topic to cover in her book which primarily tackles the idea of white fragility. But I very much appreciated her saying that and I’m learning a lot from the book.

@DEFCON1

Jul 3, 2024

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@beamcry

I would love to read this book. This reminds me of: Mcintosh, Peggy. "White Privilege: Unpacking The Invisible Knapsack." National Seed Project, 1989, https://www.nationalseedproject.org/key-seed-texts/white-privilege-unpacking-the-invisible-knapsack. It gives a fantastic understanding of, "Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue." (as taken from White Fragility's amazon descriptor.)

Jul 3, 2024

@staysexyhavefun

beamcry yesss i learned about that in my sociology class

Jul 3, 2024

@beamcry

staysexyhavefun It was an extra credit assignment in my communciations class and arguably one of my favorite assignments in that class.

Jul 3, 2024

@DEFCON1

beamcry I’ll definitely have to check that out

Jul 3, 2024

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