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3 quotes from White Fragility

• "Racism is a structure, not an event."
• "We can’t see our own biases, and that’s particularly the case for people who have racial privilege."
• "The goal is not to eliminate our fragility, but to understand it and to use that awareness to engage meaningfully in conversations about race."

Author: Robin DiAngelo

Robin J. DiAngelo is an American academic, lecturer, and author renowned for her contributions to critical discourse analysis and whiteness studies. Formerly a tenured professor of multicultural education at Westfield State University, she now serves as an Affiliate Associate Professor of Education at the University of Washington in Seattle. DiAngelo is particularly recognized for coining the term "white fragility" in 2011, which she introduced in an academic paper. This concept describes the defensive reactions that white individuals often exhibit when confronted with their racial privilege, highlighting how such responses serve to uphold and perpetuate systemic advantages.