White Fragility: Book Review
Probably one of the most idiotic books on racism that I have ever read. Imagine an ideology that blames everyday white people for racial disparities, one that functions on publicly shaming white people in order to change the world. That ideology fails catastrophically, of course, because people don't like seeing themselves as part of the problem—especially when they are trying to be the solution. Then we have this book, advocating that we publicly shame white people for responding badly to being publicly shamed. Ironically, it is essentially bootstrapping theory applied to white people on racism: if white people just stopped being racist, then racism would go away! And then it fails to work. Well, that's because of white fragility. White people need to bootstrap harder! Stop failing, white people. Basic Structure of the Review: 1. The use of systems is vaguely defined and sweeping in scope. 2. The focus on unconscious bias. What is the scope and power of this? 3. Alternatives t