Robin J. DiAngelo

Explores counterproductive reactions white people have when discussing racism that serve to protect their positions and maintain racial inequality.

Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism

White Fragility

What does it mean to be white in a society that proclaims race meaningless yet is deeply divided by race? In the face of pervasive racial inequality and segregation, most whites cannot answer that question. Robin DiAngelo argues that a number of factors make this question difficult for whites miseducation about what racism is; ideologies such as individualism and colorblindness; defensiveness; and a need to protect (rather than expand) our worldviews. These factors contribute to what she terms white racial illiteracy. Speaking as a white person to other white people, Dr. DiAngelo clearly and compellingly takes readers through an analysis of white socialization. She describes how race shapes the lives of white people, explains what makes racism so hard for whites to see, identifies common white racial patterns, and speaks back to popular white narratives that work to deny racism. Written as an accessible introduction to white identity from an anti-racist framework, &ltI>What Does It Mean To Be White? is an invaluable resource for members of diversity and anti-racism programs and study groups and students of sociology, psychology, education, and other disciplines.

Developing White Racial Literacy

What Does it Mean to be White?

Özlem Sensoy

This practical handbook will introduce readers to social justice education, providing tools for developing ''critical social justice literacy'' and for taking action towards a more just society. Accessible to students from high school through graduate school, this book offers a collection of detailed and engaging explanations of key concepts in social justice education, including critical thinking, socialization, group identity, prejudice, discrimination, oppression, power, privilege, and White supremacy. Based on extensive experience in a range of settings in the United States and Canada, the authors address the most common stumbling blocks to understanding social justice. They provide recognizable examples, scenarios, and vignettes illustrating these concepts. This unique resource has many user-friendly features, including ''definition boxes'' for key terms, ''stop boxes'' to remind readers of previously explained ideas, ''perspective check boxes'' to draw attention to alternative standpoints, a glossary, and a chapter responding to the most common rebuttals encountered when leading discussions on concepts in critical social justice. There are discussion questions and extension activities at the end of each chapter, and an appendix designed to lend pedagogical support to those newer to teaching social justice education.

An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education

Is Everyone Really Equal?

»Rassismus ist ein Konstrukt unserer weißen Gesellschaft - also müssen wir auch dafür sorgen, dass er wieder verschwindet!« Robin DiAngelo Rassismus ist kein Phänomen, das man lediglich am rechten Rand unserer Gesellschaft findet. Doch wir haben verlernt, ihn zu sehen und streiten ab, dass er in unserem Denken eine Rolle spielt (etwa, wenn Sigmar Gabriel Clemens Tönnies mit den Worten verteidigt: »Das ist Quatsch, wer ihn kennt, weiß, dass er kein Rassist ist. Vor allem aber verniedlicht dieser Vergleich die wirklichen Rassisten!«). Dieses Herunterspielen von Hetze und Vorurteilen und das Umdrehen eines solchen Vorwurfs als persönlichen Angriff gegen den Sprecher nennt Robin DiAngelo »Weiße Fragilität«. DiAngelo zeigt, wie wir ihn alle (oft unbewusst) nutzen. Dabei wissen wir aus jüngster Vergangenheit, wie schnell aus scheinbar harmlosen Worten Taten werden. Wie weit sich diese gefährliche Rhetorik vom rechten Rand bereits in die Mitte vorgefressen hat, zeigt Rassismus-Forscherin DiAngelo anhand erschreckender alltäglicher Beispiele. Ein Buch, das weh tut, das aufweckt, das aber auch zeigt, wie rassistisches Denken endlich aus unserer Gesellschaft verschwinden kann.

Robin J. DiAngelo

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