“Stopping our racist patterns must be more important than working to convince others that we don’t have them. We do have them, and people of color already know we have them; our efforts to prove otherwise are not convincing.”
A very honest, very educational experience. DiAngelo allows us to accept that racism is “a practice not restricted to bad people,” but that racial prejudice and white fragility are a part of the social norm in America, and we cannot just pretend that other races do not exist or that racism is only for “the bad guys.” You don’t have to be wearing a KKK bedsheet to be a racist; and you cannot say you aren’t racist because you “don’t see color,” or you have “that one black friend.” This book says enough with the excuses--let’s just acknowledge that racism is real and here and now, and what can the white community do to improve upon their behavior? How can we educate our future generations to not adapt the social norms we’ve created post Civil Rights Movement? Very relevant, and extremely needed information right now! — Kirstin Swartz