White fragility : why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism

By:

DiAngelo, Robin J

Publication details: London : Allen Lane (Penguin), 2019Description: xiii, 168pISBN:

9780141990569
9781802060706
9780141990576

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

HM 330.

Summary: 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.

List(s) this item appears in: Croydon Health Services Exploring Race and Ethnicity EDI Collection | Whittington Equalities and Inclusion Collection | SLaM Library Black History Month and anti-racism books | SLaM Library New Books October 2023 | RMH Black History Month 2023

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Book	CEME Library (NELFT) Shelves		HM270 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		NE10157
Book	Croydon Health Services Library Shelves	EDI Collection Exploring Race H91	EDI Collection Exploring Race H91 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0000008782
Book	David Adams Library (Royal Marsden) Wellbeing		DIA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available
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Book	Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Library Shelves		HM 270 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		W0006558
Book	Queen's Hospital Jackie Blanks Library Shelves		REACH DIA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		T11439
Book	South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves		ZZ 3 DIA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Issued	08/11/2023	024928
Book	Whittington Health Library Shelves		DIV DIA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00017892

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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.

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