White fragility why it's so hard for White people to talk about racism
"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 prev...
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Boston, Massachusetts
Beacon Press
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword: Keyser Söze, Beyoncé, and the Witness Protection Program / Michael Eric Dyson
- Introduction: We can't get there from here
- The challenges of talking to white people about racism
- Racism and white supremacy
- Racism after the civil rights movement
- How does race shape the lives of white people?
- The good/bad binary
- Anti-blackness
- Racial triggers for white people
- The result: White fragility
- White fragility in action
- White fragility and the rules of engagement
- White women's tears
- Where do we go from here?
