White Fragility (Adapted for Young Adults): Why Understanding Racism Can Be So Hard for White People
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Book Overview
A reimagining of the best-selling book that gives young adults the tools to ask questions, engage in dialogue, challenge their ways of thinking, and take action to create a more racially just world. "I was taught to treat everyone the same." "I don't see color." "My parents voted for Obama." When white people have the opportunity to think and talk about race and racism, they more often than not don't know how. In this adaptation of Dr. Robin DiAngelo's best-selling book White Fragility, anti-racist educators Toni Graves Williamson and Ali Michael explain the concept of systemic racism to young adult readers and how to recognize it in themselves and the world around them. Along the way, Williamson and Michael provide tools for taking action to challenge systems of inequity and racism as they move into adulthood. Throughout the book, readers will find the following:
- A dialogue between the adaptors that models anti-racist discussions
- Definitions of key terms
- Personal stories from this multiracial team
- Discussion prompts to encourage readers to journal their reactions and feelings
- Illustrations to help concepts of white fragility and systemic racism come alive
- Portraits of scholars and activists, including Carol Anderson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Ijeoma Oluo, whose work is amplified throughout Dr. DiAngelo's theory of white fragility.
- A dialogue between the adaptors that models anti-racist discussions
- Definitions of key terms
- Personal stories from this multiracial team
- Discussion prompts to encourage readers to journal their reactions and feelings
- Illustrations to help concepts of white fragility and systemic racism come alive
- Portraits of scholars and activists, including Carol Anderson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Ijeoma Oluo, whose work is amplified throughout Dr. DiAngelo's theory of white fragility.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807016098
ISBN13:9780807016091
Release Date:September 2022
Publisher:Beacon Press
Length:280 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"
Age Range:13 to 17 years
Grade Range:Grades 8 to 12
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Another white-hating screed, don’t bother
Published by Chaz F , 1 month ago
Replace the word “white” with “black” and see how far you get. What an awful book.
Hate In The name of tolerance horrible mentality to have.
Published by Sensei , 5 months ago
The whole ideology is judge people upon their race not actions. This book pushes racism. Unfortunately bad reviews of the Main(unabridged book) are taken down off multiple platforms. Maybe this one will stay. It is hate in The name of tolerance. You are not defined by your race like this book suggests but by your actions. This book pushes a very bad & probably evil mentality to have. White people are bad because they’re white? Do not support this nonsense & hate. People are all individuals based upon their own actions. Race is nothing but a skin color & irrelevant to being good or bad.
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