‘White Fragility’ Author Robin DiAngelo on What White People Can Do to Address Racism
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🗓️ 18 June 2020
⏱️ 54 minutes
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| 1:28.9 | The U.S. Supreme Court just this morning blocked President Trump's efforts to end the DACA program, |
| 1:35.6 | and we'll analyze the decision in our 10 a.m. hour. But first, social justice educator, Robin DeAngelo's book, White Fragility, Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, is one of a number of books on race-topping bestseller lists, as many people seek to educate themselves |
| 1:46.1 | amid protests against racism and racist policing. |
| 1:49.7 | In the book, she invites white people to examine their role |
| 1:52.3 | in upholding systemic racism |
| 1:53.9 | and to confront the defensiveness or fragility, |
| 1:57.5 | she says they can exhibit when challenged on their ideas about race. |
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