Sabrina’s Reviews > White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism > Status Update

"It is on each of use who pass as white to identify how these advantages shape us, not to deny them wholesale."

..."Why does this unsettle me? What would it mean for me if this were true? How does this lens change my understanding of racial dynamics? How can my unease help reveal the un-examined assumptions I have been making? Is it possible that because I am white, there are some racial dynamics that i can't see? Am I willing to consider that possibility?If I a not willing to do so, then why not?

..."a more fruitful approach would be to ask yourself, "I am white and I have had X experience. How did X shape me as a result of also being white?"

"Thus, reflecting on our racial frames is particularly challenging for many white people, because we are taught that to have a racial viewpoint is to be biased."

"...white people...are insulated from racial stress, at the same time that we come to feel entitled to and deserving of our advantage. Given how seldom we experience racial discomfort in a society we dominate, we haven't had to build our racial stamina. We consider a challenge to our racial worldviews as a challenge to our very identities as good, moral people.