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What Does It Mean to Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy by Robin DiAngelo

May 7, 2017 by bonnie 2 Comments

Lollygagger’s most excellent and comprehensive review of Robin DiAngelo’s What Does it Mean to Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy made me eager to read it for myself. I’m linking to the original review, which I will then build on. Back? Okay, let’s get started. DiAngelo builds on concepts of racism with which we are all familiar and then talks about how being white constructs a specific racial framework through which white people see race, racism, and other precepts of culture and context. Specifically, she […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Anti-Racism, bonnie, Robin DiAngelo

bonnie's CBR9 Review No:66 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Anti-Racism, bonnie, Robin DiAngelo ·
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Ignorance Is Not an Option

What Does It Mean To Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy by Robin DiAngelo

March 28, 2017 by ASKReviews 4 Comments

Best for: White people interested in antiracism work (so, hopefully, all white people, but I’m not that naive). In a nutshell: Academic (and white person) Robin DiAngelo breaks down many of the problems white people have in confronting our own socialization in the racist reality we live in. Line that sticks with me: “Because of white social, economic, and political power within a white supremacist culture, whites are in the position to legitimize people of color’s assertions of racism. Yet whites are the least likely […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Anti-Racism, Racism, Robin DiAngelo, sociology

ASKReviews's CBR9 Review No:16 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Anti-Racism, Racism, Robin DiAngelo, sociology ·
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