Robin DiAngelo Books
For more than 20 years, Robin DiAngelo has been a consultant and educator on the issues of racial and social justice. She has facilitated many workshops dedicated to both issues and written many articles and books about them, including What Does It Mean to Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy. Currently a lecturer at the University of Washington, she was formerly a tenured professor of multicultural education at Westfield State University.
White Fragility
What's White Fragility about?
White Fragility (2018) aims to do exactly what its subtitle says: to explain why white people find it so difficult to talk about racism, particularly within an American context. The answers are surprisingly complicated and illuminating, as they tie together some of the darkest strands of American history with the most fundamental ideologies of American society.
Who should read White Fragility ?
- White people who feel uncomfortable talking about racism
- People of color who wonder why white people are so uncomfortable talking about racism
- Antiracism advocates who want to better understand that discomfort
What's Nice Racism about?
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.
Who should read Nice Racism?
- White activists seeking better tools to fight racism
- White would-be allies who are ready to confront their internal biases
- Black people and people of color interested in learning more about the workings of white supremacy