White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism - Couverture rigide

DiAngelo, Dr. Robin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0807047406 ISBN 13 : 9780807047408

Editeur : Beacon Press, 2020

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robin DiAngelo is an academic, lecturer, and author and has been a consultant and trainer on issues of racial and social justice for more than twenty years. She formerly served as a tenured professor of multicultural education at Westfield State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Beacon Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807047406
• ISBN 13: 9780807047408
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
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• Personne responsable: non disponible