The Dehumanizing Condescension of White Fragility

The Atlantic ^ | July 15,2020 | John McWhorter

[TBP]

DiAngelo is an education professor and—most prominently today—a diversity consultant who argues that whites in America must face the racist bias implanted in them by a racist society. Their resistance to acknowledging this, she maintains, constitutes a “white fragility” that they must overcome in order for meaningful progress on both interpersonal and societal racism to happen.

I am not convinced. Rather, I have learned that one of America’s favorite advice books of the moment is actually a racist tract. Despite the sincere intentions of its author, the book diminishes Black people in the name of dignifying us. This is unintentional, of course, like the racism DiAngelo sees in all whites. Still, the book is pernicious because of the authority that its author has been granted over the way innocent readers think.

[TBP]

McWhorter is, in my view, too kind to Robin DiAngelo, who is a virulent, hateful, angry racist. (But then, she's a progressive, so she's racist by definition.)

None of it is unintentional, Mr. McWhorter. Stop givig the left the presumption of good intentions.

[V_TWIN]

When the blm thugs get to the ‘burbs they’re gonna find out how fragile white folks aren’t.

[TBP]

Fighting back against marauding mobs is a symptom of white fragility. Right, Di Angelo?

[cuban leaf]

The only time race is even on my radar is when I read news stories. In my everyday life it is an utter irrelevance.

Except when driving through certain neighborhoods in certain cities - which is very rare.

[KC_Conspirator]

This sham of a book is now receiving the scrutiny and derision it deserves.

[lurk]

It occurs to me that Collectivists (liberal is so 20th century) hold their views from an urban bubble, having had no exposure to the vast farmlands, mountains, rivers and people beyond their county line, and no exposure to the white man who puts food in their store.

[brownsfan]

We ceded the public schools to the left.
We allowed them to indoctrinate our young. Part of this indoctrination includes self loathing for white children.
Our young no longer have the will to resist the punishment that they “deserve”.

I sure am glad I’m old.

[lepton]

None of it is unintentional, Mr. McWhorter.

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McWhorter is a lefty/liberal himself, he’s just somewhat thoughtful. He’s going to be eaten at some point.

That said, his scholarly books on language are quite interesting.

[Aetius]

Exactly. Her intentions are not good. Either she’s a grifter, a clever con artist who has successfully exploited white guilt for her own financial benefit, or she is herself a guilt-ridden nasty piece of work and radical leftist who actually believes the garbage she spews.

Or it may be some combination of both,

[Thebaddog]

I read the whole thing from both sides to see racism everywhere and nowhere at the same time. The girl is just a Y2K consultant from back in the day and her writing is not that good at all. The critic is racist too. So there.

[Alas Babylon!]

We are at the point where it is time to simply say to these people:

FU.

I do not care what they think, what they believe, or anything about their opinions.

Not one bit.

Leave me alone, outa ma face, do I have to hurt you?

[Steve_Seattle]

I’m surprised The Atlantic ran this, but they wouldn’t have published it if a white person had written it.

[reg45]

McWhorter is on Dennis Prager right now.

[PGR88]

You can negotiate and compromise with individuals, you can not negotiate or compromised with an ideology or movement.

Everyone should be warned - this #BLM, cancel-culture, white guilt, white-hate narrative - you can NOT compromise with it. Don’t accept it as legitimate. Talk against it always.

Squishy white liberals will find it will be like riding a tidal wave. It will always drown them.

[Ouchthatonehurt]

Education Professor.
The rancid shallow end of higher education. They reproduce like rabbits and the stupidity trend is exponential.

[lepton]

It’s rather off-topic for this post, but also note one of his citations:

https://www.ocpathink.org/post/who-teaches-the-teachers

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Despite the sincere intentions of its author, the book diminishes Black people in the name of dignifying us.

Sorry Josh but the sincere intention is to diminish you.

Their goal is as follows, "we will use minorities to smash our way to power and then enslave them."

You are in some ways like the sodomites who make common cause with mohammedans. They are happy to use you but when in power they will kill you.

[TBP]

I believe McWhorter was one of the signers of the Harper’s letter.

[TBP]

Education Professor.
The rancid shallow end of higher education.

You know the old saying:

"Those who can do. Those who can't teach. And those who can't teach teach teachers."

[Nifster]

White Karen splaining to us ignorant hill billies