The author of ‘White Fragility’ doesn’t think ‘most white people care about racial injustice’

06/02/20 • 38 min

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Robin DiAngelo, the author of “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism,” doesn’t mince words. “I actually don’t think that most white people care about racial injustice. I really don’t,” she says.

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