Stranger Than Fiction Book Discussion

Sometimes life is stranger than fiction. Join this non-fiction book club discussion to chat about White Fragility: Why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism by Robin J. DiAngelo. Copies of the book will be available at the Reference Desk the month before we meet. We will meet in-person and virtually.

Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo explores how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively.

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Meeting ID: 873 5395 8775
Passcode: nonfiction