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_b.D485 2021
100 _aDiAngelo, Robin,
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245 1 0 _aNice racism
_b: how progressive White people perpetuate racial harm
_c/ Robin DiAngelo.
264 1 _aBoston, Massachusetts :
_bBeacon Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©2021
300 _axxi, 201 pages ;
_c24 cm
386 _aUniversity and college faculty members
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386 _aWashingtonians (Washington State)
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 _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.
520 _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.
650 0 _aRace relations
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650 0 _aRacism
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650 0 _aWhite people
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