“Telling people that they are racist—on the basis of immutable characteristics, using incomprehensible definitions that they may not know or understand—then claiming they are “fragile” and in denial when they try to defend themselves, or accusing them of “gaslighting” when they don’t agree with you, is a punitive way of treating people, whatever their colour.” RacismCrueltyGroupthinkCritical Race TheoryWhite Fragility Book:Cynical Therapies: Perspectives on the Antitherapeutic Nature of Critical Social Justice Source: Cynical Therapies: Perspectives on the Antitherapeutic Nature of Critical Social Justice
“White fragility. Coined by Robin DiAngelo (a white American woman), this term suggests that whites are systemically (not necessarily individually) racist, but because this is largely unconscious, when challenged, whites often become very uncomfortable and defensive.” Systemic RacismWhite Fragility Book:Cynical Therapies: Perspectives on the Antitherapeutic Nature of Critical Social Justice Source: Cynical Therapies: Perspectives on the Antitherapeutic Nature of Critical Social Justice