Nice Racism : : how Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm

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Call Number: Adult Book / Nonfiction / Social Science / Race & Ethnicity / DiAngelo, Robin, 305.8 Di
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Introduction -- What is a nice racist? -- Why it's OK to generalize about White people -- There is no choir -- What's wrong with niceness? -- The moves of White progressives -- Spiritual, not religious -- Let's talk about shame -- What about my trauma? -- We aren't actually that nice -- How White people who experience other oppressions can still be racist, or "But I'm a minority myself!" -- How do you make a White progressive a better racist? -- Niceness is not courageous: how to align your professed values with your actual practice.
DiAngelo identifies many common white racial patterns and breaks down how well-intentioned white people unknowingly perpetuate racial harm. She explains how spiritual white progressives seek community by co-opting Indigenous and other groups' rituals create separation, not connection. Challenging he ideology of individualism, DiAngelo explains why it is OK to generalize about white people, and she demonstrates how white people who experience other oppressions still benefit from systemic racism. -- adapted from jacket

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Essential anti racist reading submitted by mowjac on September 3, 2021, 4:23pm Diangelo's writing is clear and concise in this follow up to "White Fragility". She uses more personal examples and stories about sexism and classism to open white readers minds to anti racist lenses. I particularly appreciated her chapter on New Age spirituality and it's behaviors. Essential reading.

Good to read and open your eyes submitted by alharman1022 on August 4, 2023, 7:30am As a white person I need reminders of harm I cause