Bibliograph

Nice racism, how progressive White people perpetuate racial harm, Robin DiAngelo

Type

Label

Nice racism, how progressive White people perpetuate racial harm, Robin DiAngelo

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Nice racism

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1240162988

Responsibility statement

Robin DiAngelo

Sub title

how progressive White people perpetuate racial harm

Summary

"Nice Racism asserts that it is white progressives who are responsible for inflicting the most daily harm on people of color"--, Provided by publisherDiAngelo identifies many common white racial patterns and breaks down how well-intentioned white people unknowingly perpetuate racial harm. She explains how spiritual white progressives seek community by co-opting Indigenous and other groups' rituals create separation, not connection. Challenging he ideology of individualism, DiAngelo explains why it is OK to generalize about white people, and she demonstrates how white people who experience other oppressions still benefit from systemic racism. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- What 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

Target audience

adult

Classification