Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm
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- Author：Robin DiAngelo
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Reviews
Minato
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Just another piece of anti-White and anti-Christian propaganda from this white genocidal maniac。
mark monday
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Dear White People，Please stop putting money into this person's purse！ Please stop handing your greenbacks over to a person who is clearly projecting their own actual racism onto all other white people。 Please stop adding to the wealth of a person who diminishes and infantilizes black people。 Please stop fattening the bank account of a person who sees black people as a monolithic race composed solely of victims and who sees white people as automatically born racist。 Please stop recommending and - Dear White People，Please stop putting money into this person's purse！ Please stop handing your greenbacks over to a person who is clearly projecting their own actual racism onto all other white people。 Please stop adding to the wealth of a person who diminishes and infantilizes black people。 Please stop fattening the bank account of a person who sees black people as a monolithic race composed solely of victims and who sees white people as automatically born racist。 Please stop recommending and -for God's sake - teaching an author who thinks individualism is a problem and that progress has not happened。 Please stop listening to a person who essentializes and judges black & white people based on the color of their skin。 Please avoid a so-called educator whose lessons are diametrically opposed to the teachings of MLK Jr。 Because of prejudice， black and brown and indigenous and asian people have been reduced into stereotypes since forever。 And how has that worked out？ Have the results been so uplifting that this racist dehumanization still needs to continue - for any race？Robin DiAngelo， a white corporate consultant， is rich enough already。 If you want to buy books on race & antiracism， why not choose an author who is black or brown and who maybe doesn't make thousands of dollars an hour to talk to corporations？ If you want to treat people who don't look like you with the same respect that you treat people who do look like you， because for some reason you aren't doing that already （？！） 。。。 maybe avoid giving money to a person who exists only to separate and who assumes she knows what & how everyone thinks， and why they think that way？ If you want to perform allyship， maybe go on stage instead？ If you want to self-flagellate， maybe get into the bdsm scene instead？ Aren't there enough white saviours running around already？ Seriously， don't you realize that it is hypocritical to provide even more funds to a bougie white grifter who literally， gladly， admits that they are a racist and will always be one？ And why does a person who turns all white people into uppity secret-racist monsters and who reduces all black people into saintly magical-negro caricatures even have such a wide platform？ Shaking my head at America here and at self-loathing liberals everywhere。 Y'all kinda make me ashamed to be a progressive。 This laughable charlatan is not helping this country。 She is a divider， not a uniter。People， please stop supporting the normalization of racism。Please stop spreading her toxic message。Please stop giving her money！ Other voices against this deterministic claptrap:https://www。youtube。com/watch？v=6TPuZ。。。https://www。youtube。com/watch？v=9Tmha。。。https://www。youtube。com/watch？v=jU0fw。。。https://www。youtube。com/watch？v=O3JJ6。。。https://www。youtube。com/watch？v=VxDUN。。。https://www。youtube。com/watch？v=-tjgX。。。https://www。youtube。com/watch？v=5C1_K。。。https://medium。com/illumination-curat。。。https://www。dal。ca/news/2020/09/01/ro。。。https://twitter。com/RheaBoydMD/status。。。https://twitter。com/cvaldary/status/1。。。https://twitter。com/thomaschattwill/s。。。 。。。more
Sarah Waldron
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Having read the predecessor to this book not long ago， I was very much looking forward to seeing what this book had to offer。 Thank you to Robin DiAngelo and @AllenLaneBooks for this advanced audio copy of Nice Racism。 Nice Racism is due to be published on 29th June 2021 and you can get a copy here。Description 🔖Robin DiAngelo’s first book; White Fragility explored the concept of all white people being socialised into a system that is inherently racist。 In this follow up work， DiAngelo discusses Having read the predecessor to this book not long ago， I was very much looking forward to seeing what this book had to offer。 Thank you to Robin DiAngelo and @AllenLaneBooks for this advanced audio copy of Nice Racism。 Nice Racism is due to be published on 29th June 2021 and you can get a copy here。Description 🔖Robin DiAngelo’s first book; White Fragility explored the concept of all white people being socialised into a system that is inherently racist。 In this follow up work， DiAngelo discusses how white progressives unintentionally cause the most racial harm。 She uses her background and vast experience as a sociologist to open the conversation about how niceness does not equate to anti-racismGeneral Thoughts 🤔I think that this follow up book to White Fragility was just as good and just as informative。 Again， I agreed with many of the points raised emphatically because they were scenarios that I have encountered and lived; I know them to be true。 What this book made me realise is that I’m disappointed in myself for not being braver and speaking out when well-meaning white people have made me feel less than or uncomfortable。 At the very least， why am I not able to do this with people that I consider to be close to me？ Which probably loops back to white fragility; I don’t want to upset people and make them feel uncomfortable。The downplaying of white privilege and attitudes about individualism really struck a chord with me。 I am almost certain that many of the white people that I know would claim that they have not received any preferential treatment because of their whiteness and any successes that they have are due to their own individual hard work。 I don’t doubt that they have worked hard， but this statement is flawed due to the fact that they did not start from the same place as people of colour will have started from; they had a head start just because of their whiteness。 This is not a statement that sits well with white progressives as is well documented within this book。Writing Style ✍️Similar to the first book， I thought that this one was structured and organised in a way that made all of the information digestible and easy to understand。 I felt like Nice Racism included more real life examples from the authors experiences that helped to make her explanations relatable。 I appreciated that the examples used weren’t only statements or actions of other people。 The author included evidence of times when she herself has perpetuated racial harm。 I found her explanations of how she addressed and dealt with those incidents informative。I read some quite unsavoury and negative reviews about White Fragility after I had read it and it pleased me to see that some of that was directly addressed in this book。Conclusion & Scoring 🎖️As I’ve said in other blog posts， I find reviewing books like this really difficult as they do invoke and draw out a lot of emotional feelings for me， but I don’t find it easy to pack all of that into a review。 I also don’t think that a review is the place for that。 I am thankful for Robin DiAngelo’s work as I think that is educating for me and others and helps to at the very least， see things from a perspective that is not your own。 。。。more
Bob Hughes
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After the runaway success of 'White Fragility'， it seemed almost inevitable that DiAngelo would release another book， and indeed， she shares her long history of experience of being a white person engaging with other white people about race， racism and anti-racist work。 She details many circumstances in which a white person can analyse their behaviour and make proper change， i。e。 making sure that in being 'nice' （hence the title of the book）， we are not accidentally using that as an excuse for do After the runaway success of 'White Fragility'， it seemed almost inevitable that DiAngelo would release another book， and indeed， she shares her long history of experience of being a white person engaging with other white people about race， racism and anti-racist work。 She details many circumstances in which a white person can analyse their behaviour and make proper change， i。e。 making sure that in being 'nice' （hence the title of the book）， we are not accidentally using that as an excuse for doing nothing， or enacting racial harm in another way- for example， not speaking up， or talking about how we are 'one of the good ones' and thereby excusing ourselves from any racism we may have enacted。In many ways， this book looks at some harmful actions and behaviours that many people wield， consciously or not， and in those scenarios， this book is very helpful。However， there are two linked problems that I had with the book that I couldn't quite shake whilst listening to it。 And those are audience and purpose。Although DiAngelo is （rightly） quick to both announce that she herself is not an expert in experiencing racism， but rather a very experienced facilitator （a strength that she shares effectively in many parts of the book）， and quick to quote and cite Black writers and thinkers who have led her to the conclusions in the books， I found myself wondering why the book needed to exist when there are so many brilliant books by Black writers， who share experiences they themselves have experienced。As a result， I got lost in the who the intended audience for this book would be， and therefore what its purpose would be。For example， if the book is aimed at those who read 'White Fragility' and wanted to delve into next steps， this book feels like it might go in too high after that， or assumes knowledge of many other writers， whereas a book like Reni Eddo-Lodge's 'Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race' or Ijeoma Oluo's 'So You Want To Talk About Race' might be a better point of entry。 If the book is aimed at those who are more experienced and are ready to be challenged， then I also question if 'Nice Racism' is the right book， or rather， the right book over the work of a Black writer or thinker。This is not to say that people will only pick up one book on anti-racism- many people don't- but I think it has to be recognised that many people do， as evidenced by 'White Fragility' massively outselling many other books on race and racism last year。 I recognise I am saying this all as a white person， and， to follow some of the learnings from 'Nice Racism'， not to position myself as having 'solved it' or showing that I am 'one of the good ones'， but rather to question whether this book， and DiAngelo's platform， could have been better used as a co-authored book， uplifting and featuring voices directly affected by racism， and/or supporting in another way。 Again， this is not to say that the book is without merit- there was a lot in this book that made me deeply reflect， often with horror， on my own behaviours and actions， and DiAngelo is clearly very skilled and experienced as a facilitator， and therefore in seeing reactions before they arise。 There is also a lot of value in white people owning the problem and talking to each other about it， as DiAngelo does with a presumed white audience for the book。 But I do wonder if this book relies too much on readers finishing this book， and immediately picking up books by Black authors， when the middleman could have just been cut out， and her platform could have just lifted up those authors themselves。 3。5 stars rounded up。I received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more
Carrie
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This book is perfect for white people who read White Fragility， found it illuminating， and now can't wait to point out the faults of everyone around them instead of looking at their own actions。 DiAngelo points out a lot of harmful behaviors that well-meaning people engage in all the time: out woking each other， credentialing， downplaying advantages， lecturing BIPOC people， taking up space， not recognizing power dynamics， hiding behind politeness， pretending the preference of segregation is acci This book is perfect for white people who read White Fragility， found it illuminating， and now can't wait to point out the faults of everyone around them instead of looking at their own actions。 DiAngelo points out a lot of harmful behaviors that well-meaning people engage in all the time: out woking each other， credentialing， downplaying advantages， lecturing BIPOC people， taking up space， not recognizing power dynamics， hiding behind politeness， pretending the preference of segregation is accidental， and rushing to prove you aren't racist。 If you are going to read only one book about racism， I wouldn't necessarily jump to this one first， but if you feel well-versed in the basics， this book will push you to reflect on your own behaviors and who is actually benefiting from them。 。。。more
Kate Henderson
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