This book is being recommended like mad at the moment! ๐คฏ
It is one of the most popular books in antiracism circles today, and it’s commonly used in DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) trainings for schools and corporations across the country. So I decided to buy a copy of the book, and I was genuinely expecting to learn something new.
First, let me share what I wholeheartedly agree with in the book. โค๏ธ
๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ.
We’ve all had different lives, different life experiences, so everyone has the potential to teach us something. Some of us have had privileges and opportunities others have never had. Some of us have experienced forms of suffering others cannot even begin to fathom.
Therefore, it is so important we continue to develop our emotional intelligence so we can stay aware how our actions and ignorance can unintentionally influence and affect how we treat other people.
๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ.
We all carry unconscious prejudices and biases, even when we think we don’t. When we’re not aware of them, we will project them out onto the world without consciously doing so.
A fantastic book that discusses this concept more in-depth with actual psychology experiments is “Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me)” by Carol Tavris.
๐๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐…
This book notes from the beginning it is going to be “unapologetically rooted in identity politics”.
(In the same tradition, I should note to you I am reviewing this book as a Liberal, Hispanic, Gay Male with 3 clinically diagnosed mental disorders: Depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and High-Functioning Autism.)
๐๐ฐ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต, ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
It begins with a Red Pill trope in which the author shares a growing realization she’s had about white people over the course of her career when it comes to talking about racial issues. ๐ฒ
For every white person she’s spoken with, she’s noticed some of them will get particularly defensive with her. ๐
She wanted to understand why, and with this book she believes she’s found the answer: ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด “๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ”.
DiAngelo presents the following arguments:
๐ White people are defensive about being called “racist” because they cannot accept their “whiteness”, their repressed feelings of “white superiority and entitlement”.
๐ “Racism” is not the Dictionary’s definition. In her definition, it is not limited to discriminatory acts towards people based on the color of their skin.
In her definition, racism is like a disease, ingrained and embedded in everything: our society, our cultures, our institutions, and our souls. (This idea is now known more popularly by the term: “systemic racism”.)
๐ We are ALL racist as the result of living under an inherently white supremacist society. White people need to especially be aware of this because they were born into privilege. They need to come to terms with how blind they are to their “whiteness” and racism, regardless of whether they think they are or not.
๐ The ideals of individualism, objectivity, and MLK’s Dream to judge people based upon the content of their character and not upon the color of their skin…are ALL racist. They are the reasons people have failed to see how deep racism goes.
In the author’s defense, she justifies these broad and sweeping generalizations with little to no evidence based on her being a sociologist. ๐ก๏ธ
That said, I honestly sympathize with any sociologists who do their very best to remain objective and evidence-based in their observations about society. ๐ข
What surprised me the most reading this book was how the author doesn’t even consider alternate possibilities about the reasoning of white people she sees as having “white fragility”. ๐
Did the author ever consider the possibility that some white people have gotten angry with her not because of their “white fragility” but because they strongly disagree with her newly expanded definition on what it means to be “racist”? ๐ค
Did the author ever consider the possibility that her insistence on white people needing to accept their inherent racism and privilege, needing to accept vast assumptions about mass groups of people based on the color of their skin, not only is hypocritical but fits the very definition of what being “racist” is (at least, according to the Dictionary)? ๐ค
I’m reminded of the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and his obsession with seeing every problem his patients had through the lens of some unconscious sexual repression. Everything had to be seen as somehow relating to sex. ๐
In the same way, everything in DiAngelo’s eyes has to be seen as somehow relating to “racism” and “white supremacy”. โ
I cannot imagine how a woman would react today if Freud told them they had “penis envy”. Women are not aware of their penis envy, Freud would say, of their enviousness to possess a penis, because it is unconscious.
What if we applied this same logic to the author’s main premise?
*๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ง ๐๐ช๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ “๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ”. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐๐ช๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐บ, ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด.*
For those already familiar with Woke Culture, I soon realized THIS is one of those books. ๐
Being “woke” has to do with individuals who have experienced emotional feelings of awakening when it comes to social injustice. It’s these same feelings of awakening which make a person think they’re far more self-aware than they actually are. ๐
Compare these same spiritual feelings of realization to the conspiracy theorist who believes they’ve “taken the Red Pill” and is now aware of the corruption of the world. ๐
๐๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ’๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ง๐, ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐
I sympathize, as these individuals are not as “conscious” as they think they are. I’m afraid the same thing has happened with the author here too.
While she promotes skepticism and self-awareness in the book, as well as noting that racial issues are “complex”, she doesn’t apply these same principles to the extraordinary claims she makes.
With this book, I am supposed to simply accept her premise about white fragility. And in her circular logic, any counterargument against the idea of it (especially when it comes from a white person) is only more proof of a white supremacist society. ๐
This is the same logic as me presenting contrasting evidence to a conspiracy theorist and them saying that’s just proof there’s a conspiracy. (This logical fallacy is known as “Kafkatrapping”.) ๐
Simply put, the book takes itself way too seriously in its absolutist claims of racial essentialism. It doesn’t critically consider the possibility that racism is NOT as rampant as it is made out to be. There’s strong empirical and statistical data which speaks to the contrary (and again, I consider myself Liberal).
๐๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐, ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ “๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ” ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐’๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ “๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ” ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ. ๐
Similar to conspiracy theories, I agree with the idea of practicing skepticism. But that’s as far as I agree, especially when the “skepticism” is used to justify an absolute, nonsensical worldview. ๐
Similar to white fragility, I agree with the idea of practicing empathy. But that’s as far as I agree, especially when the “empathy” is used to justify an absolute, nonsensical worldview. ๐
Sigmund Freud got the idea of the unconscious correct. But his circular logic to relate everything back to sex is where his claims falter. ๐
Robin DeAngelo got the idea of empathy correct. But her circular logic to relate everything back to racism and white supremacy is where her claims falter. ๐
๐๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง’๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ซ. ๐๐ ๐๐จ. ๐ฏ
๐๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง’๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐. ๐๐ ๐๐จ. ๐ฏ
But the Catch-22 in these areas of study is that any of these virtues can turn into a vice. ๐ฅ
For the psychoanalyst, sometimes a cigar…is just a cigar. There’s not always a variable of unconscious sexual repression. ๐
For the critical race theorist, sometimes a hierarchy…is just a hierarchy. There’s not always a variable of racial oppression. ๐
Let me add: ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ. ๐
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ, ๐ “๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ”.
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ, ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐, ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐
My biggest concern is how popular this book currently is, as well as other books focused on Antiracism, and how they are being taught in schools and corporations across the country without a second thought. ๐๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ! ๐ฑ
๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐บ. ๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐จ
๐๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ค-๐๐ง๐-๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐.
My concern is books like these are not going to be critically analyzed or questioned because of our current times, despite their many flaws and overly simplistic lens in which to see ourselves and others. ๐จ
โ ๏ธ The antiracism of this book is NOT AT ALL the antiracism of the Civil Rights Movement or Martin Luther King Jr. โ ๏ธ
If you embrace critical race theory and/or the basic premise we live in a society which is systemically and institutionally racist, this book will be right up your alley. ๐
But if you’re looking for a book that’s intellectually honest, thoughtful in its arguments, contains nuance and complexity, I suggest steering very clear of this one. ๐ฏ
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก. ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง, ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ง’๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Racism is a problem I will continue to address and combat through empathy, compassion, and understanding of us as a common humanity. โค๏ธ
If that makes me “racist”, according to DiAngelo’s definition, than apparently I am! ๐
Unfortunately this book, which as of late is being praised to the highest of heavens as some masterpiece, I predict is going to add far more to the problem than it will to the solution. ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐. ๐
Or maybe, this is all just my “white fragility” talking…๐คทโโ๏ธ
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๐๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ? ๐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ HERE
