Read Robin DiAngelo’s New Book on ‘Nice Racism.’ Here Are 3 Takeaways.
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As the battle over critical race theory heats up around the country, it’s important to examine the thinkers who have done the most to launch the woke revolution on our elite institutions.
Two figures show up more than anyone else.
One is Ibram X. Kendi, director of the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University and author of “How to Be an Antiracist.”
The other is Robin DiAngelo, a lecturer and author of “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism.”
DiAngelo has now written a follow-up book, “Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm.”
n the introduction she explains that her work is aimed at undoing the internalized racist patterns of society.
I’m honestly not sure I entirely disagree with the title. Progressive ideas that end in the defunding and abolition of police and the destruction of the nuclear family do cause immense harm.
But DiAngelo’s books aren’t really about deep societal analysis and policy, or really about helping people live in a better, freer, more prosperous society.
Perhaps it would be best to simply ignore DiAngelo’s writings.
Unfortunately, that’s becoming hard to do as her work has become immensely popular and highly influential. The countless diversity, equity, and inclusion training sessions and seminars—occurring around the country in boardrooms, college campuses, and government agencies—rely heavily on her work.
As journalist Matt Taibbi wrote, “Nice Racism” is “the rare book that’s unreadable and morally disgusting but somehow also important.”
… here are a few more takeaways I gleaned from “Nice Racism.”
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