Robin DiAngelo

Robin DiAngelo writes and teaches about racial inequality, institutional practice, and the defensive responses that can obstruct discussion of race. White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism develops the term she uses for those responses, examining how anger, fear, guilt, argument, and silence can restore a familiar social balance instead of advancing dialogue. Michael Eric Dyson wrote the foreword to Beacon Press's 2018 edition. DiAngelo's argument grows from her work as an educator and facilitator, and the book combines explanation with prompts for recognizing patterns and responding more constructively. Its focus is less on individual intent than on habits that preserve unequal systems.