” The language of violence that many whites use to describe anti-racist endeavors is not without significance, as it is another example of how white fragility distorts reality. “
” The goal of my work is to make visible the inevitable racist assumptions held, and patterns displayed, by white people conditioned from living in a white supremacist culture. “
” I have spent years studying what it means to be white in a society that proclaims race meaningless, yet is deeply divided by race. “
” While having friends of color is better than not having them, it doesn’t change the overall system or prevent racism from surfacing in our relationships. The societal default is white superiority, and we are fed a steady diet of it 24/7. To not actively seek to interrupt racism is to internalize and accept it. “
” Most white people cannot answer the question, ‘What does it mean to be white?’ with any depth or complexity. “
” There’s a lot of ways that white women undermine women of color, and black women in particular. “
” I have found that the only way to give feedback without triggering white fragility is not to give it at all. “
” People of color understand what it means to be white more than I ever will. “
” White people are very wily when it comes to race. We will do everything that we can to get out from under the idea of race. “
” White consciousness is deeply anti-black, and that’s for progressives and conservatives. “
” White fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. “
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