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White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

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Robin DiAngelo is a white woman writing about racism. I was a white woman reading a white woman writing about racism. Right out of the gate, I’m thinking “Wait, is she supposed to be talking about this? Is it okay that I’m looking to her as an authority on this topic?”  DiAngelo tackles it all head on. At the start of the book, she slowly goes through the reasons why she has chosen to be a diversity advocate, and how her voice is helpful in […]

The Joy of Growth Makes You Thankful for the Growing Pains

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

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Having led countless white people through workshops to get us to grapple with our own identity and to recognize whiteness as non-neutral, DiAngelo has a wealth of data to draw from for this book.  She deftly leads the reader through many of the self-protecting and privilege-protecting responses we have when asked to acknowledge the systems which benefit us and harm our fellow humans who have black and brown skin.  DiAngelo’s academic rigor is stellar, her data set is substantial, and she’s talking to white people […]

A Good Starting Point

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

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Let me start by saying there is a reason why this title is on often near the top of many lists for anyone but especially white people who want to educate themselves on racism and racial inequality especially in the US. The author is up front about her being white herself, in fact she repeats that every so often throughout the book, often in order to point out that a lot of the things she has to say sound a little better to most other […]

White Like Me

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard For White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

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Warning: I’m a white guy reviewing this from my perspective. Totally understand if you want to skip this review or call me out on my crap. If you have ever taken, and internalized, seminars and/or courses on racism, specifically addressing white supremacy, much of this will be familiar. But that’s not to say you shouldn’t read it. Robin DiAngelo does a great job breaking down the substance of what makes white people so angry when it comes to addressing racism, while talking about how harmful […]

A necessary book for white progressives interested in getting a primer on race

White fragility by Robin Diangelo

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There have been a lot of comments about this book on this site and references to it in reviewing other books, but surprisingly no actual review! So here we go. I was originally attracted to this book as a way of understanding white people. To be clear, I am white. But as a Jew, an immigrant, and a person raised in relative poverty, I’ve never felt the sense of implicit belonging Diangelo speaks about. I spend a lot of time thinking about race and racism […]

I always thought I’d get farther. I’d like to blame the world for what I’ve failed to do

The Woman Upstairs; Family Matters; The Library Book; The Blank Wall; The Summer before the Dark; Those Who Knew; Ways of Disappearing; White Fragility; Call them by their True Name; Harbor Me by Claire Messud; Rohinton Mistry; Susan Orlean; Elisabeth Sanxay Holding; Doris Lessing; Idra Novey; Robin Diangelo; Rebecca Solnit; Jacqueline Woodson

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The Woman Upstairs – 2/5 Stars I found this book because of a list listing “Famous angry women in books” or something. And it’s true that the lead character and narrator of this book is very angry. I was hoping she’d be angrier and less articulate about her anger in this book. What’s this book about? It’s about a woman in her early 40s who was an artist who is also an elementary school teacher. She becomes friends with the mom of one her students. […]



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