White Fragility - Where Do We Go from Here?My goal is to make visible how one aspect of white sensibility continues to hold racism in place: white fragility.This book does not attempt to provide a solution to racism. Nor does it attempt to prove that racism exists ... (p. 5) All humans have prejudice; we cannot avoid it. (p. 19) Discrimination is action based upon prejudice... Everyone has prejudice, and everyone discriminates... When a racial group's collective prejudice is backed by the power of legal authority and institutional control, it is transformed into racism. (p. 20)Robin DiAngeloRD_1f2f2236-c647-11ea-8600-1a402c83ea00White ProgressivesThis book is intended ... for white progressives who so often -- despite our conscious intentions -- make life so difficult for people of color. I believe white progressives cause the most daily damage to people of color. I define a white progressive as any white person who thinks he or she is not a racist, or is less racist, or in the "choir," or already "gets it." (p. 5)People of ColorPeople of color ... also hold prejudices and discriminate against white people, but they lack the social and institutional power that transforms their prejudice into racism; the impact of their prejudice is temporary and contextual. (p. 22) [Submitter's note: DiAngelo actually says "People of color may also hold prejudices ..." but her use of the word "may" is inappropriate because she rightly asserts that "All humans have prejudice ..." and cannot avoid it. (p. 19) Thus, this is a subtle reflection of her own prejudice as a progressive who feels the need to absolve people of color of the evils associated with white people. Presumably, as an enlightened, non-fragile white person, she would take that observation constructively, in the spirit in which it is offered. Based upon her perspective, she must believe that, given the chance, people of color would treat white people just as badly as they have been treated. Indeed, Thomas Sowell has noted that the Barbary pirates took more slaves from Europe than were shipped from Africa to the United States and the colonies from which it was formed. (Wealth, Poverty and Politics, p. 235)]Less racism_1f2f2358-c647-11ea-8600-1a402c83ea00To make visible how one aspect of white sensibility -- white fragility -- continues to hold racism in place_1f2f23ee-c647-11ea-8600-1a402c83ea00FreedomFreedom and equality -- regardless of religion or class -- were radical new ideas when the United States was formed. (p. 15)EqualityIntegrity... my actions are driven by my own need for integrity, not a need to correct or change someone else. (p. 151)CourageInterrupting racism takes courage and intentionality. (p. 153)IntentionalityStrategic AlignmentIt is a messy, lifelong process, but one that is necessary to align my professed values with my real actions. (p. 154)ActionInformationSeek out information from books, websites, and other available sources._1f2f24b6-c647-11ea-8600-1a402c83ea001p. 146_1f2f2542-c647-11ea-8600-1a402c83ea00OrganizationsGet involved with multiracial organizations and white organizations working for racial justice._1f2f25c4-c647-11ea-8600-1a402c83ea002p. 146_1f2f2650-c647-11ea-8600-1a402c83ea00RelationshipsBuild authentic cross-racial relationships and be willing to watch, listen, and learn._1f2f26dc-c647-11ea-8600-1a402c83ea003p. 146 & 148_1f2f2768-c647-11ea-8600-1a402c83ea00ReflectionReflect on how we came to be socialized to feel superior._1f2f27f4-c647-11ea-8600-1a402c83ea004p. 147_1f2f2880-c647-11ea-8600-1a402c83ea00SilenceBreak the silence about race and racism with other white people._1f2f2902-c647-11ea-8600-1a402c83ea005p. 148_1f2f2998-c647-11ea-8600-1a402c83ea00WhitenessStrive to be "less white"._1f2f2a24-c647-11ea-8600-1a402c83ea006p. 150Awareness & EducationBe more aware and better educated about racism._1f2f2ab0-c647-11ea-8600-1a402c83ea006.1Certitude & ArroganceContinually challenge racial certitude and arrogance._1f2f2b46-c647-11ea-8600-1a402c83ea006.2Openness, Interest & CompassionBe open to, interested in, and compassionate toward the racial realities of people of color._1f2f2bd2-c647-11ea-8600-1a402c83ea006.3ActionMove past guilt and into action._1f2f2c68-c647-11ea-8600-1a402c83ea006.4To be less white is to break with white silence and white solidarity, to stop privileging the comfort of white people over the pain of racism for people of color, to move past guilt into action.2018-12-312020-07-15https://robindiangelo.com/publications/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net