There's a lot of ways that white women undermine women of color, and black women in particular. — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
White fragility doesn't always manifest in overt ways; silence and withdrawal are also functions of fragility. — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
Most white people cannot answer the question, 'What does it mean to be white?' with any depth or complexity. — Robin DiAngelo Complexity Copy Share Image
Human beings can only make sense of the world through the lens they were socialized to make sense of it through. — Robin DiAngelo Human Copy Share Image
“We have a deep interest in denying the forms of oppression which benefit us.” — Robin DiAngelo Denial Copy Share Image
The most effective adaptation of racism over time is the idea that racism is conscious bias held by mean people. — Robin DiAngelo Adaptation Copy Share Image
White consciousness is deeply anti-black, and that's for progressives and conservatives. — Robin DiAngelo Consciousness Copy Share Image
For white people, their identities rest on the idea of racism as about good or bad people, about moral or immoral singular… — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
The default of our society is the reproduction of racial inequality. I mean, that's what it does; that's what it's been doing… — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
“There is a difference between agreement and understanding: When discussing complex social and institutional dynamics such as racism, consider whether "I don't… — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
We whites who position ourselves as liberal often opt to protect what we perceive as our moral reputationsrather than recognize or change… — Robin DiAngelo Change Copy Share Image
While everyone has racial bias, I reserve the word 'racist' to describe the bias that white people have - our collective bias… — Robin DiAngelo Bias Copy Share Image
Whites have not had to build the cognitive or affective skills or develop the stamina that would allow for constructive engagement across… — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
A fundamental but very challenging part of my work is moving white people from an individual understanding of racism - i.e. only… — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
While individual whites may be against racism, they still benefit from the distribution of resources controlled by their group. — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
As white people in this society, we are socialized from the time that we're born to see ourselves as superior, to see… — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
I think our everyday coded language around 'good neighborhoods' and 'bad neighborhoods' is what allows for tremendous violence to happen... When you… — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
Whites often respond defensively when linked to other whites as a group or 'accused' of collectively benefiting from racism, because as individuals,… — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
“If, as a white person, I conceptualize racism as a binary and I see myself on the "not racist" side, what further… — Robin DiAngelo Racism Copy Share Image
One of the most important misunderstandings for white people to get over to move forward is this idea that racism is a… — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
For a lot of white people, just suggesting that being white has meaning will trigger a deep, defensive response. And that defensiveness… — Robin DiAngelo Comfort Copy Share Image
Whiteness is dynamic, relational, and operating at all times and on myriad levels. These processes and practices include basic rights, values, beliefs,… — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
In aversive racism, the concept of racism is abhorrent to that person. But they're filled with racist conditioning and bias, as we… — Robin DiAngelo Denial Copy Share Image
“We would often lead workshops in offices that were 95-100% white, and yet the participants would bitterly complain about Affirmative Action. This… — Robin DiAngelo Affirmative action Copy Share Image
The question that white people need to ask ourselves is not if we were shaped by the forces of racism, but how. — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
I have found that the only way to give feedback without triggering white fragility is not to give it at all. — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
People of color understand what it means to be white more than I ever will. — Robin DiAngelo Color Copy Share Image
One cannot understand how racism functions in the U.S. today if one ignores group power relations. — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
The antidote to white fragility is ongoing and lifelong and includes sustained engagement, humility, and education. — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
As part of my work, I teach, lead and participate in affinity groups, facilitate workshops, and mentor other whites on recognizing and… — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
“To be born into, to go to school, to study, to learn, to play, to worship, to love, to work and to… — Robin DiAngelo Deconstruction Copy Share Image
As a social concept, 'white' is profound in its meaning. It means people who either come from or appear to come from… — Robin DiAngelo Europe Copy Share Image
Mainstream dictionary definitions reduce racism to racial prejudice and the personal actions that result. But this definition does little to explain how… — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
Until white people understand that racism is embedded in everything, including our consciousness and socialisation, then we cannot go forward. — Robin DiAngelo Consciousness Copy Share Image
One way that whites protect their positions when challenged on race is to invoke the discourse of self-defense. Through this discourse, whites… — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
White people are very wily when it comes to race. We will do everything that we can to get out from under… — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
Most people, certainly faculty, believe that if they're for social justice, it's automatically integrated into whatever they do. — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
