Since the 1990s she has been doing diversity training, coming across White fragility all the time. She has a PhD in race relations and White racial identity. The term comes from Robin DiAngelo, a professor of multicultural education at Westfield State University. It leads to tropes like the R-word, White feelings, White fauxpologies, derailing and the tone argument. Instead of listening and learning, they defend their self-image. It can lead to discomfort, anger, guilt, fear, sometimes even violence or murder. White fragility (1970s- ) is that thing where White Americans get highly upset when you try to talk to them about racism, particularly their own racism.
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