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Book Club November - White Fragility (Patreon)

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2022-11-25 22:07:25
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Here is our review of White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo. Thank you patrons!

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Zachary

My sister loved Blind Side and thought it was so great what that lady did for that black boy, etc. I watched it once I believe in theaters and felt so weird watching it and I couldn't understand why my sister liked it. Well she recently at the time became a cop, she thought Obama was too divisive, and 2016 rolled around... we don't talk anymore. She always seemed so empathetic before that too. So yeah watch it then rip the hell out of it, it's gross.

B

Tom's rifle story reminded me of the time last year when I saw a white hipster dude walking downtown in a western Canadian city, carrying a small axe. I can only assume he'd just left the axe throwing place down the road, but even so he was a lone man openly carrying an axe without a single care in the world. If he'd been any other race, city PD would have bounced his head off the hood of their cruiser in seconds

Victoria

Please do the blind side review/takedown!

James Word

Definitely need a Tom and Cecil Blindside review.

Knight Of The Buffet Table

I've never seen The Blindside. I would watch it just to keep up with the review. I really hope you guys do it!

Asymetra

A few years ago, I did a "reading year of racism" (I like to focus on one topic and read as much as I can to gain a 3-D view it). I read several books by non-white authors about being black. This was one of the books I was seriously considering. Ultimately, I rejected it after reading an excerpt from the book (put out by DiAngelo) that left me with the impression that its message was, like it or not, white people needed to acknowledge their unintentional racism and needed to feel guilty for this crime. So, when this book came up for review here, I voted for this specifically because I wanted to know if my impression was incorrect. I still don't know if my impression was entirely correct, but I can't rule it out as being incorrect. From the way you talk about it, I think the book sounds problematic, but also good at the same time. What I infer from this review is DiAngelo brings up some very important topics, but her approach sounds poorly executed in some ways. It seems like she's trying to redefine racism (just drop systemic from systemic racism) and racist (a person who benefits from systemic racism). It's like redefining lawyer as a person who benefits from a society of laws. I do agree with several other things that she talks about that you bring up. Things that aren't spoken about in the other books that I've read (they are all from a non-white perspective). I'm not leaping to read the book, but I've retrieved it from the mental dustbin. When it comes time for me to revisit racism again, I'll seriously consider this book.

chilli

FYI: Decoding the Gurus podcast had an interesting episode covering Robin DiAngelo and her lecture series on White Fragility. I found it to be an interesting dissection not so much of her writing, but more of the presentation tactics. Worth a listen.