book ReviewWhite Fragility is a nonfiction novel in which Robin DiAngelo looks into the relationship between race, racism, and white people. The book’s intended audience is white people, and DiAngelo discusses at length what she believes to be one of the root causes of disconnect between people of color and white people when talking about racial issue: white fragility. The book breaks down ideas on preconceived notions of what racism is, and forces readers to look and think about their daily lives and interactions in a different light, to hopefully help our society move forward towards a more truly progressive state.
This novel has been on my TBR for a long time. And to be honest, the reason I didn’t pick it up sooner is because I didn’t want to be that white person. You know, the one that thinks they’re so cool and progressive because they read books about why white people aren’t cool and progressive. I was worried people would judge me as uppity and stuck up because I’m in an interracial relationship and now think I’m so “woke” and I don’t know. But I let this fear keep me from reading this book until I was stuck at home in quarantine. I've decided to post a review of it because I've read a lot of novels that involve race these last few weeks, and everything going on in the world.
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