Hm... I'm not sure if I once heard the author's name of that book discussed in the article... Anyway, the title itself - the slang term "white fragility" - is known to me and I know what it means. In fact, it is a term as hurtful and insulting as the mockery "male tears" during the #metoo explosion on Twitter. It marginalizes something that exists for the benefit of something else which isn't actually in need of it. In short: A psychologically narcissistic technique.
(Taking the content of the article as it is without further research, the argumentation chain of DiAngelo reminds me of what critique they formulate about Freud in the modern days: He was obsessed himself with sexuality. So is the author of the "White Fragility" book with skin color, which she calls "race".)
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Date: 30 June 2020 11:00 pm (UTC)Anyway, the title itself - the slang term "white fragility" - is known to me and I know what it means.
In fact, it is a term as hurtful and insulting as the mockery "male tears" during the #metoo explosion on Twitter. It marginalizes something that exists for the benefit of something else which isn't actually in need of it.
In short: A psychologically narcissistic technique.
(Taking the content of the article as it is without further research, the argumentation chain of DiAngelo reminds me of what critique they formulate about Freud in the modern days: He was obsessed himself with sexuality. So is the author of the "White Fragility" book with skin color, which she calls "race".)