Author: DiAngelo, Robin
Brand: Beacon Press
Edition: Reprint
Features:
- The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.
- In this โvital, necessary, and beautiful bookโ (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and โallows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to โbad peopleโ (Claudia Rankine).
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 192
Publisher: Beacon Press
Release Date: 26-06-2018
Details: Product Description The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality. In this โvital, necessary, and beautiful bookโ (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and โallows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to โbad peopleโ (Claudia Rankine). 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. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively. Review โThe value in White Fragility lies in its methodical, irrefutable exposure of racism in thought and action, and its call for humility and vigilance.โ โ The New Yorker โ[T]houghtful, instructive, and comprehensive . . . This slim book is impressive in its scope and complexity; DiAngelo provides a powerful lens for examining, and practical tools for grappling with, racism today.โ โ Publishers Weekly, Starred Review โ White Fragility is a book everyone should be exposed to. With any luck, most who are will be inspired to search themselves and interrupt their contributions to racism.โ โ Shelf Awareness, Starred Review โA valuable guide . . . While especially helpful for those new to the critical analysis of whiteness, this work also offers a useful refresher to anyone committed to the ongoing process of self-assessment and anti-oppression work.โ โ Library Journal โA penetrating new book.โ โ Pacific Standard โA vital, necessary, and beautiful book, a bracing call to white folk everywhere to see their whiteness for what it is and to seize the opportunity to make things better now.โ โMichael Eric Dyson โAs a woman of color, I find hope in this book because of its potential to disrupt the patterns and relationships that have emerged out of long-standing colonial principles and beliefs. White Fragility is an essential tool toward authentic dialogue and action. May it be so!โ โShakti Butler, president of World Trust and director of Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible โA rare and incisive examination of the system of white body supremacy that binds us all as Americans. . . . With authenticity and clarity, she provides the antidote to white fragility and a road map for developing white racial stamina and humility. White Fragility loosens the bonds of white supremacy and binds us back together as human beings.โ โResmaa Menakem, author of My Grandmotherโs Hands and Rock the Boat โAs powerful forces of white racism again swell, DiAngelo invites white progressives to have a courageous conversation about their culture of complicity. . . . White Fragility provides important antiracist understanding and essential strategies for well-intentioned white people who truly endeavor to be a part of the solution.โ โGlenn E. Singleton, author of Courageous Conversations About Race โRobin DiAngelo demonstrates an all-too-rare ability to enter the racial conversation with complexity, nuance, and deep respect. Her writing establishes her mastery in accessing the imaginal, metaphoric mind where the possibility for transformation resides. With an unwavering conviction that change is possible, her message is clear: the incentive for white engagement in racial justice work is ultimately self-liberation.โ โLeticia Nieto, coauthor of Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment โWhite fragility is the secret ingredient that makes racial conversations so difficult and achieving racial equity even harder. But by exposing it and showing us allโincluding white folksโhow it operates and how it hurts us
EAN: 9780807047415
Package Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches
Languages: English
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