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Name: Nice Racism
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Author: Robin DiAngelo

Robin DiAngelo

How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm

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Nice Racism by Robin DiAngelo is an insightful read that explores how even well-intentioned people can inadvertently contribute to and uphold systemic racism through their actions and attitudes.

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What’s in it for me? Learn how to challenge racism by abandoning niceness and leaning into discomfort.

When it comes to racism, if you’re a progressive white person, chances are you see yourself as part of the solution instead of part of the problem. But “nice” progressive white people frequently perpetrate the most racial harm in cross-racial spaces. They objectify Black people and people of color, enact daily racist microaggressions, and center their own feelings of shame when called out – that is, they make it all about them. And they’re completely unaware of the harm they’re causing because they’ve never felt the need to examine their own internalized racist beliefs.

These blinks are an insightful guide for anyone who’s ready to admit they’re a “nice racist.” You’ll discover the common moves and justifications that progressive racists make – and you’ll learn how to drop that veneer of niceness, become accountable, and get serious about fighting white supremacy.

In these blinks, you’ll also learn

why nice racists always name-drop Black friends or partners;
how to process critical feedback without making it all about you; and

why trying to out-woke other people won’t make you less racist.

Nice racists often do the most harm.

What do you think a racist person looks like? Try to conjure up an image – do you see a hooded member of the Ku Klux Klan? Or perhaps an angry face belonging to a white nationalist group, like the Proud Boys who stormed the US Capitol?

It’s true that far-right, racist extremism is on the rise in the United States. But if you’re white and you want to find a racist, start closer to home. That is, look in the mirror.

But I’m not that kind of white person! you may be protesting. I’m on the diversity board at work, I march for Black Lives Matter, and I chose my kid’s school solely because it was diverse. Well, if that’s your reaction, there’s some bad news: chances are, you’re a “nice racist.”

The key message here is: Nice racists often do the most harm.

Many of us think of the far right as the villains when it comes to racism. But the truth is, well-intentioned white people who are extra careful to say and do the "right things" actually inflict the most daily harm.

That doesn’t make any sense, you’re thinking. These people sign up for diversity committees and try to hang out with Black parents at their child’s school! Well, they also flock to diverse neighborhoods, gentrifying them in the process. And they subject the Black people they encounter to a constant stream of racist microaggressions – like noting how “articulate” they are or suddenly using hip-hop slang whenever Black people are around.

Face it: being “nice” isn’t the same as being educated about white supremacy or taking responsibility for the harm you cause. It doesn’t mean you’re actually invested in changing the status quo – just that you like performing the part. On diversity boards, nice racists actively impede progress by being all talk and no action, or by foregrounding their own feelings over those of their Black colleagues.

Of course, nice racists have the best of intentions. But good intentions don’t solve the intractable problems of racism and white supremacy. If you’re white, you’ve grown up in a thick soup of racist messaging: you’re superior, you earned all the advantages you enjoy in life, and Black people would prosper if they only tried a bit harder. These, of course, are all lies. The good news is, they’re lies you can unlearn. But first you’ll have to give up on being so “nice.”

The myth of individualism is one of the most persistent aspects of nice racism.

Whenever Robin DiAngelo conducts a workshop on racism, one of the most common critiques she receives is that she’s making unfair generalizations about white people. After all, participants say, white people aren’t a homogenous group. Some of them were brought up to never discriminate against anyone. Others have worked hard to tackle racism in their communities despite coming from racist families. In fact, many of the white people she engages with have dedicated themselves to social justice work. They’re activists, teachers, social workers, and spiritual leaders. Some of them have Black friends or family members, and they live in diverse communities.

So, they ask, how dare DiAngelo group all white people together into one racist lump without even bothering to find out their individual stories? Underlying that question is an assumption common among nice racists: the assumption of individualism.

White people can be racist and experience oppression at the same time.

Robin DiAngelo’s childhood seemed anything but privileged. She grew up in extreme poverty, and her family experienced long periods of houselessness, during which they lived out of their car. She often didn’t have enough to eat, and her teeth were rotten because her parents couldn’t afford dental or medical care. In fourth grade, her teacher humiliated her in front of the class by telling her she was dirty and smelled bad.

White people who have grown up in circumstances like DiAngelo’s often respond furiously when informed that they experienced white privilege. It seems to invalidate all their lived experiences of suffering and oppression. But as hard as their personal experiences were, they were never made harder on account of their race. And that’s white privilege.

Willful ignorance and a lack of humility make nice racists dangerous.

A Black executive whom DiAngelo knows once had a disagreement with her white assistant over a key policy issue. Her boss, who was also white, sided with the assistant. The Black executive then challenged her boss over the obvious racial bias he had displayed in siding with her less-qualified assistant – and got fired.

Mind you, there was nothing wrong with her performance at work. Her crime was making her boss feel uncomfortable by explicitly calling out his racism.

Using people of color to prove you’re not racist is in fact a racist thing to do.

President Joe Biden has been praised for taking some long-overdue steps toward increasing diversity in the White House. But back when Biden was a United States senator, he was criticized for praising other senators who were open racists and segregationists. Biden’s response? He couldn’t be racist, because he’d worked alongside civil-rights activists his entire career.

Biden’s move was a classic case of what DiAngelo calls color-celebrate credentialing – which is a white person using his proximity to Black people and people of color to prove he’s not racist. Former President Donald Trump has pulled the same move. When Trump was accused of racism, his chief of staff quickly announced a news conference. While Trump spoke, Lynne Patton – a Black woman and Trump appointee – stood on stage behind him. Patton didn’t say anything, but the message was clear: Trump couldn’t possibly be racist.

Trying to out-woke others is harmful and counterproductive.

When DiAngelo was in college, she and her white partner went out for dinner with another couple, who were Black. DiAngelo, who had grown up in a very segregated neighborhood, didn’t have much experience in socializing with Black people – and she was anxious to make a good impression.

So she spent the whole evening bombarding the couple with stories about her racist family, relaying their terrible jokes in great detail and taking delight in portraying them in the worst light possible. In the most cringeworthy way, she was trying to communicate her wokeness – how hip, aware, and not racist she was. “I'm not like my racist family! I'm one of the good white people,” she may as well have said.

Practice decentering yourself and learning from feedback.

Imagine this: You're at work, and a Black coworker takes you aside to have a word. You were out of line when you told a joke at lunch, he tells you. The punch line came at a Black person's expense, which meant that the joke was racist; it was offensive, and you should have known better.

You feel your face getting flushed, and your heart starts beating faster and faster. Why is he attacking you? You're the least racist person in the world!

Nice racists cling to feelings of shame, which allows them to stay stuck.

We think of feelings as being natural and pure – things that bubble up inside of us as a reaction to our thoughts and experiences.

But feelings are also controlled and interpreted by the societies we live in. For example, white people will usually perceive an angry white man as powerful, while an angry Black man is seen as threatening. Some people are allowed to have strong emotions, while others are not. And some emotions are more socially acceptable than others.

Align your actions with your values and become accountable for the harm you cause.

Following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the police, there was a huge surge in anti-racist organizing. Black Lives Matter marches took place around the world, and seemingly every corporation released their own statement condemning racism. Anti-racist teachers and coaches were booked out for months doing diversity and inclusion trainings.

White progressives got involved in anti-racist movements in record numbers, and they grew fluent in the terminology of racial justice. But there’s a difference between knowing the right things to say and actually working toward change. So how can you make sure that your actions align with your values?

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Nice Racism (2021) challenges everything we think we know about racism. Most racists don’t belong to the far right, and they don’t consciously support white supremacy. Instead, they’re “nice” progressive white people who commit daily microaggressions because they’ve never properly confronted their own biases. By abandoning niceness and becoming accountable instead, white people can develop into better allies in the fight for racial justice.

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Über den Autor

Robin DiAngelo is Affiliate Associate Professor of Education at the University of Washington. She is the author of the international best seller White Fragility and has been a consultant and facilitator on racial-justice issues for more than 25 years.

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