Robin DiAngelo

White Fragility

Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

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Produktbeschreibung

The International Bestseller

'With clarity and compassion, DiAngelo allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to "bad people." In doing so, she moves our national discussions forward. This is a necessary book for all people invested in societal change' Claudia Rankine

Anger. Fear. Guilt. Denial. Silence. These are the ways in which ordinary white people react when it is pointed out to them that they have done or said something that has - unintentionally - caused racial offence or hurt. After, all, a racist is the worst thing a person can be, right? But these reactions only serve to silence people of colour, who cannot give honest feedback to 'liberal' white people lest they provoke a dangerous emotional reaction.

Robin DiAngelo coined the term 'White Fragility' in 2011 to describe this process and is here to show us how it serves to uphold the system of white supremacy. Using knowledge and insight gained over decades of running racial awareness workshops and working on this idea as a Professor of Whiteness Studies, she shows us how we can start having more honest conversations, listen to each other better and react to feedback with grace and humility. It is not enough to simply hold abstract progressive views and condemn the obvious racists on social media - change starts with us all at a practical, granular level, and it is time for all white people to take responsibility for relinquishing their own racial supremacy.

'By turns mordant and then inspirational, an argument that powerful forces and tragic histories stack the deck fully against racial justice alongside one that we need only to be clearer, try harder, and do better' David Roediger, Los Angeles Review of Books

'The value in White Fragility lies in its methodical, irrefutable exposure of racism in thought and action, and its call for humility and vigilance' Katy Waldman, New Yorker

'A vital, necessary, and beautiful book' Michael Eric Dyson

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin / Penguin Books UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 465739
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 194mm x 132mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 147g
• ISBN-13: 9780141990569
• ISBN-10: 0141990562
• Artikelnr.: 54490516

Autorenporträt

Robin DiAngelo is an academic, lecturer, and author working in the fields of critical discourse analysis and whiteness studies. She is a lecturer at the University of Washington and formerly served as a tenured professor of multicultural education at Westfield State University. DiAngelo has been a consultant and trainer for more than twenty years on issues of racial and social justice.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Michael Eric Dyson
Author’s Note
Introduction: We Can’t Get There from Here
1
The Challenges of Talking to White People About Racism
2
Racism and White Supremacy
3
Racism After the Civil Rights Movement
4
How Does Race Shape the Lives of White People?
5
The Good/Bad Binary
6
Anti-Blackness
7
Racial Triggers for White People
8
The Result: White Fragility
9
White Fragility in Action
10
White Fragility and the Rules of Engagement
11
White Women’s Tears
12
Where Do We Go from Here?
Resources for Continuing Education
Acknowledgments
Notes

Rezensionen

Brings language to the emotional structures that make true discussions about racial attitudes difficult. With clarity and compassion, DiAngelo allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to 'bad people.' This is a necessary book for all people invested in societal change through productive social and intimate relationships Claudia Rankine