White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Signed!) [B0103]

2018 signed PB in nice clean condition. 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 "vital, necessary, and beautiful book" (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and "allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to 'bad people' (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.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "This is a great place to start in exploring your internalized racism."; "This book was recommended to me as counseling professional. I found this to be very insightful!"; "The author does an excellent job describing how to take accountability and responsibility for our actions. She gives concrete examples with the takeaway that the opposite of guilt is action. Keep searching and show that we care enough to put in the effort."