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  1. d3j (d3jblog@loadaverage.org)'s status on Friday, 27-Jul-2018 06:33:03 EDT d3j d3j
    ♲ @Birte Förster (BirteFoerster@twitter.com): In 2011, DiAngelo coined the term “white fragility” to describe the disbelieving defensiveness that white people exhibit when their ideas about race and racism are challenged

    Interesting read concerning reactions to #metwo
    https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/a-sociologist-examines-the-white-fragility-that-prevents-white-americans-from-confronting-racism
    In conversation Friday, 27-Jul-2018 06:33:03 EDT from loadaverage.org permalink

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      A Sociologist Examines the “White Fragility” That Prevents White Americans from Confronting Racism
      from The New Yorker
      Robin DiAngelo argues that our largely segregated society is set up to insulate whites from racial discomfort, so that they fall to pieces at the first application of stress.
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