Race Quotes by Robin DiAngelo

We whites who position ourselves as liberal often opt to protect what we perceive as our moral reputationsrather than recognize or change our participation…

— Robin DiAngelo

Denying that race matters is irrational in the face of segregation and all of the other forms of obvious racial inequity in society... Maintaining…

— Robin DiAngelo

White people are very wily when it comes to race. We will do everything that we can to get out from under the idea…

— Robin DiAngelo

This is what I have learned: Any white person living in the United States will develop opinions about race simply by swimming in the…

— Robin DiAngelo

Most white people cannot answer the question, 'What does it mean to be white?' with any depth or complexity.

— Robin DiAngelo

A fundamental but very challenging part of my work is moving white people from an individual understanding of racism - i.e. only some people…

— Robin DiAngelo

For a lot of white people, just suggesting that being white has meaning will trigger a deep, defensive response. And that defensiveness serves to…

— Robin DiAngelo

Whites often respond defensively when linked to other whites as a group or 'accused' of collectively benefiting from racism, because as individuals, each white…

— Robin DiAngelo

As a social concept, 'white' is profound in its meaning. It means people who either come from or appear to come from Europe, but…

— Robin DiAngelo

This is one of the most effective adaptations of racism over time - that we can think of racism as only something that individuals…

— Robin DiAngelo

Like a nontechnical user trying to understand a technical problem, our racial illiteracy limits our ability to have meaningful conversations about race.

— Robin DiAngelo

Human beings can only make sense of the world through the lens they were socialized to make sense of it through.

— Robin DiAngelo

White people in North America live in a social environment that protects and insulates them from race-based stress. This insulated environment of racial protection…

— Robin DiAngelo

“It has taken me many years of intensive study and practice to be able to recognize and articulate how I am shaped by being…

— Robin DiAngelo

White consciousness is deeply anti-black, and that's for progressives and conservatives.

— Robin DiAngelo