A review by jrmarr
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

5.0

I've put off writing my review for this book because I wasn't really sure what to say. Given it's situated in the US context, I was often led to wonder what relevance it had to the Australian urban experience. And I came to realise that I will probably never know or deeply understand that relevance; that the best I can do is recognise that my own bias will sometimes get in my way; that I will flounder, and feel awkward and embarrassed, and want to defend myself, when what I most need to understand is that my discomfort is but a fraction of the pain and intergenerational trauma experienced by others. I was particularly struck by the chapter on 'White Women's tears'. This book is challenging, thought provoking and important. I only hope that more people who need to hear the message will read it.