Robin DiAngelo: White Fragility
Why is it so hard for white people to talk about racism? And what does it mean to be white in a society that proclaims that race is meaningless?
US-based writer, researcher and educator Robin DiAngelo has considered these questions deeply. Her first two books, Is Everyone Really Equal? and What Does it Mean to Be White? examined notions of equality and white racial literacy. Her third book, White Fragility, is a New York Times-bestseller. White Fragility asks why white people often become defensive or hostile during discussions of racism, and examines how this phenomenon derails progress in dealing with structural discrimination. DiAngelo challenges us all to find constructive ways to see, acknowledge and respond to racism in the 21st Century.
At the Wheeler Centre in December, DiAngelo will present a 30-minute talk. She’ll then be joined by a panel including Jack Latimore and Odette Kelada for a 45-minute discussion and Q&A.
Presented in partnership with the Centre for Multicultural Youth.
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Robin DiAngelo is Affiliate Faculty of Education at the University of Washington. She is a two-time winner of the Student’s Choice Award for Educator of the Year from the University of Washington’s School of Social Work. Her scholarship is in White Racial Identity and Race Relations. In addi... Read more
Jack Latimore is an Indigenous researcher with the Centre for Advancing Journalism. He is currently involved in the development of several projects aimed at improving the quality of Indigenous representation and participation in the mainstream media-sphere. His journalism work has appeared in Koori ... Read more
Odette Kelada is a Lecturer in Creative Writing in the School of Culture and Communication. She has a PhD in literature researching the lives of Australian women writers. Her writing focuses on marginalised voices, gender and racial literacy, and has appeared in numerous publications including the... Read more
Tim is the Founder and National Director of Democracy in Colour – a national racial and economic justice organisation led by people of colour. Tim is deeply passionate about people-powered change and has spent the past seven years creating opportunities for everyday people to take collective actio... Read more
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