Just Fragile, I guess.
Due to some probably misguided effort to read some of the more influential books of our time, I found myself slogging through White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo in March. I struggled with this book for multiple reasons. For starters, I already knew the premise prior to reading and had seen the real-life effects of this line of reasoning; it took some effort to read it with an open mind. For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, the main idea is that the U.S. (and any other western colonialized nation) is built upon white supremacy, which validates and prioritizes the experiences and perspectives of white people over those of other ethnic groups. Because we exist in and benefit from this racist system (racism being the mix of political and social power and race), white people are inherently racist and are complicit in racism regardless of their actions, choices, or efforts to be anti-racist. It is therefore incumbent on white people to rec...