5. Robin DiAngelo Wants to Be a Little Less White

04/28/20 • 39 min

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Author and educator Robin DiAngelo wants white people to ask themselves “What does it mean to be white?” Her bestselling book White Fragility lays out the many ways white people both reinforce and benefit from racism -- often without even realizing or acknowledging it. She joins Rebecca Carroll for a vitally important conversation about how discrimination and xenophobia are playing out in the White House, and what white people can do to combat their own fragility.

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