How Does Race Shape the Lives of White People?

Teaching Tolerance talks with Robin DiAngelo, author of 'White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism', about her background as a teacher educator, her conception of “white fragility” and her thoughts on teacher accountability. 

Teaching Tolerance Interviews Robin DiAngelo: White Fragility in the Classroom

Group Discussion Links 

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Discussion Questions:  

• Identify the common feelings that people experience when talking about race.  
• Identify how silence is complicit in upholding the racial status quo. 
• Identify how binary definitions of racism prevent real progress on dismantling it.