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<title>White Fragility | Psychic Freedom</title>
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<h1>WHITE FRAGILITY</h1>
<h2>by Robin DiAngelo</h2>
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<h3><a href="intro.html">INTRO</a></h3>
<h3><a href="triggers.html">TRIGGERS</a></h3>
<h3><a href="segregation.html">FACTORS</a></h3>
<h5><a href="segregation.html">SEGREGATION</a></h5>
<h5><a href="uai.html">UNIVERSALISM & INDIVIDUALISM</a></h5>
<h5><a href="entitlement.html">ENTITLEMENT TO RACIAL COMFORT</a></h5>
<h5><a href="arrogance.html">RACIAL ARROGANCE</a></h5>
<h5><a href="belonging.html">RACIAL BELONGING</a></h5>
<h5><a href="psychicfreedom.html"><u>PSYCHIC FREEDOM</u></a></h5>
<h5><a href="constant.html">CONSTANT MESSAGES</a></h5>
<h3><a href="wf.html">WHAT DOES WHITE FRAGILITY LOOK LIKE?</a></h3>
<h3><a href="conclusion.html">CONCLUSION</a></h3>
<h3><a href="references.html">REFERENCES</a></h3>
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Because race is constructed as residing in people of color, whites don’t
bear the social burden of race. We move easily through our society
without a sense of ourselves as racialized subjects<sup><a
href="references.html#28">28</a></sup>. We see race as
operating when people of color are present, but all-white spaces as
“pure” spaces – untainted by race vis á vis the absence of the carriers
of race (and thereby the racial polluters) – people of color. This
perspective is perfectly captured in a familiar white statement, “I was
lucky. I grew up in an all-white neighborhood so I didn’t learn anything
about racism.” In this discursive move, whiteness gains its meaning
through its purported lack of encounter with non-whiteness<sup><a
href="references.html#29">29</a></sup>. Because
racial segregation is deemed socially valuable while simultaneously
unracial and unremarkable, we rarely, if ever, have to think about race
and racism, and receive no penalty for not thinking about it. In fact,
whites are more likely to be penalized (primarily by other whites) for
bringing race up in a social justice context than for ignoring it
(however, it is acceptable to bring race up indirectly and in ways that
reinforce racist attitudes, i.e. warning other whites to stay away from
certain neighborhoods, etc.). This frees whites from carrying the
psychic burden of race. Race is for people of color to think about – it
is what happens to “them” – they can bring it up if it is an issue for
them (although if they do, we can dismiss it as a personal problem, the
“race card”, or the reason for their problems). This allows whites to
devote much more psychological energy to other issues, and prevents us
from developing the stamina to sustain attention on an issue as charged
and uncomfortable as race.
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<h3><a href="about.html">ABOUT</a></h3>
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<h1><i>RACE IS FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR TO THINK ABOUT – IT IS WHAT
HAPPENS TO “THEM”</i></h1>
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<p>Tweet this shit~</p></a>
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