white fragility Archives - New Discourses

“Progressive Stack”

This is a scholarly paper titled 'The Progressive Stack: An Intersectional Feminist Approach to Pedagogy' submitted as part of the Grievance Studies Project by Peter Boghossian, James Lindsay, and Helen Pluckrose.

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Critical Race Theory: A Two-page Overview

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Critical Race Theory: A Two-page Overview

Critical Race Theory proceeds upon a number of dubious assumptions and by means of a variety of questionable methods.

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White Fragility Training and Freedom of Belief

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White Fragility Training and Freedom of Belief

I don’t believe what you believe, and I don’t have to. I defend your right to hold, express and live by your own belief system, but you have no right to impose any of it on me.

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A Beginner's Curriculum on Critical Race Theory

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A Beginner’s Curriculum on Critical Race Theory

There is currently a tremendous need to understand a previously obscure branch of academic thought called Critical Race Theory.

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An Open Letter to Robin DiAngelo about “Anti-racism”

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An Open Letter to Robin DiAngelo about “Anti-racism”

You proudly proclaim your racism in your writings, as so often racists do. We have read your work and can see the racism dripping from every page.

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5 Reasons the Book "White Fragility" is Shallow and Destructive

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5 Reasons the Book “White Fragility” is Shallow and Destructive

Among the books making the rounds on recent “must-read” book lists is White Fragility, by Robin DiAngelo.

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The Intellectual Fraud of Robin DiAngelo’s “White Fragility”

Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility Is Snake Oil Masquerading As Insight

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A Template for Resisting White Fragility in the Workplace

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A Template for Resisting White Fragility in the Workplace

As you will see, a very common problem is that people think Critical Race Theory is one thing when it is really another, and good-intentioned people tend to adopt it without realizing what it is (and reject it when they do know what it is).

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The Flaws in White Fragility Theory: A Primer

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The Flaws in White Fragility Theory: A Primer

As social unrest spreads throughout America after the death of George Floyd, Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility has recently made its way back on the bestseller lists. What is the theory of white fragility?

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The Problem with White Fragility

In 2018, the “whiteness educator” Robin DiAngelo published a bestselling book called White Fragility. This book is intended to teach white people about their own racism.

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