03031cam a2200349 i 45000010008000000030006000080050017000140080041000310100017000720200018000890350017001070400118001240410007002420420008002490500023002571000037002802450092003172640051004092640011004603000028004713860050004993860045005495040041005945050553006355201299011886500026024876500018025136500024025319420008025559520103025639990015026669819926CaAEU20260126110035.0210303t20212021mau e b 000 0deng  a 2021008214 a9780807074121 aon1240162988 aDLCbengerdacDLCdOCLCOdOCLCFdOTPdYDXdBDXdOI6dYDXdILCdVP@dOCLCAdKUAdYUSdOCLCAdGYGdBBWdTXSCHdBBW aen apcc00aHT1521b.D485 2021 aDiAngelo, Robin,d1956-eauthor.10aNice racism b: how progressive White people perpetuate racial harm c/ Robin DiAngelo. 1aBoston, Massachusetts :bBeacon Press,c[2021] 4c©2021 axxi, 201 pages ;c24 cm aUniversity and college faculty members2lcdgt aWashingtonians (Washington State)2lcdgt aIncludes bibliographical references. aWhat Is a Nice Racist? — Why It’s OK to Generalize About White People — There Is No Choir — What’s Wrong with Niceness? — The Moves of White Progressives — Spiritual, Not Religious — Let’s Talk About Shame — What About My Trauma? — We Aren’t Actually That Nice — How White People Who Experience Other Oppressions Can Still Be Racist, or “But I’m a Minority Myself!” — How Do You Make a White Progressive a Better Racist? — Niceness Is Not Courageous: How to Align Your Professed Values with Your Actual Practice. aNice Racism continues Robin DiAngelo’s argument from White Fragility, focusing on how a culture of “niceness” among well-intentioned white people can still sustain racism. DiAngelo argues that racism is systemic rather than a matter of individual good or bad behaviour, and that white progressives often cause everyday harm precisely because they see themselves as enlightened. Drawing on her experience as a sociologist and anti-racism educator, she identifies common patterns such as rushing to deny being racist, minimising white advantage, romanticising people of colour, treating segregation as accidental, expecting others to educate us, being overly careful, and becoming paralysed by shame. She also critiques practices like the appropriation of Indigenous spiritual traditions, which she says create distance rather than solidarity. Writing candidly and self-critically, DiAngelo challenges individualism and explains why it is reasonable to talk in general terms about whiteness, even while acknowledging other forms of oppression. The book encourages white readers to move beyond good intentions towards accountability, courage, and sustained commitment. While aimed mainly at white readers, it may also help BIPOC readers understand and navigate white progressive behaviour. 0aRace relations913992 0aRacism911980 0aWhite people926665 2lcc 00102lcc4070aTBSbTBSd2026-01-26l0oHT1521 DIAr2026-01-26t1w2026-01-26y1zSOON AVAILABLE c5302d5302