White Fragility

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 ΓÇ£vitalnecessaryand beautiful bookΓÇ¥ (Michael Eric Dyson)antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and ΓÇ£allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to ΓÇÿbad peopleΓÇÖ (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged raciallywhite fragility is characterized by emotions such as angerfearand guiltand by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviorsin turnfunction to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth explorationDiAngelo examines how white fragility developshow it protects racial inequalityand what we can do to engage more constructively.