White fragility is the other side of the white privilege coin. Scholar Robin DiAngelo has described white fragility as a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. White fragility is evident in the incessant claims of victim status by white people (usually men). A recent Pew study found that 50 percent of white evangelical Christians believe they face more discrimination than Blacks, Latinos, Jews, or Muslims. Notwithstanding the galactic gulf between such views and empirical evidence, this perception reflects a profound insecurity. Relevant to this anxiety is Nathan McCalls observation: Some white people are so accustomed to operating at a competitive advantage that when the playing field is level, they feel handicapped.
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 04:53:24 +0000
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