White Fragility
by Parker · 9 things on Twos
- Robin Diangelo
- Prejudice is pre-judgement about another person based on the social groups to which that person belongs
- Discrimination is action based on prejudice
- White privilege, a sociological concept referring to advantages that are taken for granted by whites and that cannot be similarly enjoyed by people of color in the same context
- Racism is a structure, not an event
- White supremacy is the definition of whites as the norm or standard for human, and people of color as a deviation from that norm
- We can’t change what we refuse to see
- If I believe that only had people are racist, I will feel hurt, offended, and shamed when an unaware racist assumption of mine is pointed out. If I instead believe that having racist assumptions is inevitable (but possible to change), I will feel gratitude when an unaware racist assumption is pointed out; now I am aware of and can change that assumption
- We must never consider ourselves finished with our learnings