At a recent training we had to make a group list of norms. One of the participants indicated that she was apprehensive about the training because she feared she would say something that be interpreted as racist and the group would consequently judge her 1/
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In retrospect, that first comment was a cover for her to not be held accountable by the group. I share this because I encounter this often in academic spaces. People don’t want to put in the labor of race work 3/
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But expect to have a platform from which they can speak with authority and not be challenged. When they are, they exhibit the worst white fragility reactions of rage, tears, and pain, centering themselves rather than the problem of racism. 4/
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Thus our legitimate critiques turned into tone policing and personal attacks because they could not imagine that their words were complicit in various forms of white supremacy and dominance. Thank god we had amazing facilitators. 5/5
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IMO, every diversity training should require trainees to read Robin DiAngelo's article on White Fragility beforehand. It's written by a white woman, so should be more accessible and then everyone will have a common vocabulary for the reactions that come up.
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