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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

by Robin DiAngelo

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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

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While implicit bias is always at play because all humans have bias, inequity can occur simply through

“If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal", then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal.”
― John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage

tags: democrats, liberal, politics

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