[[This is Isaiah Hineâs high school presentation on white fragility. Youâre not going to get a simpler explanation, in my opinion, so if youâre white you should really read this. Below are Isaiahâs notes on each slide.]]
Robin DiAngelo is a professor at Westfield State University and author of What Does it Mean to Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy.
Iâm sure youâve all seen these âdefensive movesâ in action before. âI didnât mean anything by itâ âI wasnât trying to be offensiveâ âI have a black friendâ âNot all white peopleâ
People are often more worried about being called a racist than actually doing something racist. In America white people often donât even have to consider race. They often think of themselves as âracelessâ white is conditioned to be the norm and everyone else is considered âracedâ or âcoloredâ. White fragility allows white people to govern when and how race is discussed. White people expect to be educated on racism, and in a nice way.
White people never learn as a result and are allowed to continue saying and doing racist things. White people prefer to hear these things from other white people but because other white people donât know enough about racism, they cycle continues. When people of color do things like the BLACKLIVESMATTER movement, many white peoples responses were âall lives matterâ this is white fragility. Proclaiming that black lives matter does not inherently mean that other lives donât. This statement is made because society continually shows us that black lives donât matter in america and these are the lives that need the affirming. We already know that white lives matter, it doesnât need to be stated. White people are very used to being the center of things and when they arenât it makes them uncomfortable.
Most people donât fully grasp the idea of systemic racism and that we live in a racist society that perpetuates racist ideas. We are socialized into white supremacy.
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