Why Blacks Are Tired of Hearing about White Fragility…and Why It Matters
<p>This phenomenon, termed “white fragility,” is explained in Robin DiAngelo’s <em>New York Times</em> best-selling <a href="http://www.beacon.org/White-Fragility-P1346.aspx" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">book</a> of the same name, in which she describes the unexamined racial identity of white people and how they disassociate themselves from racism. DiAngelo’s analysis, born out of decades of anti-racism work as a white woman, attempts to equip whites with the tools they need to understand their active part in perpetuating racism and to provide insights for people of color to better understand their interactions with whites. <em>White Fragility</em>, rooted in a social-justice perspective, employs an enlightened (although dated) and <a href="https://arcdigital.media/dear-white-people-please-do-not-read-robin-diangelos-white-fragility-7e735712ee1b" rel="noopener" target="_blank">prescriptive understanding</a> of the interface of racial identity and racial dynamics. In doing so, the concept suffers from some blindspots that can only be understood by, well, someone who isn’t actually white.</p>
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