‘There Is No Neutral’: ‘Nice White People’ Can Still Be Complicit In A Racist Society

White Fragility author Robin DiAngelo says the question white people should be asking themselves is not: Have I been shaped by race, but how have I been shaped by race? Above, protesters at a "Black Lives Matter" demonstration on June 1, 2020 in New York.

White Fragility author Robin DiAngelo says that the status quo in the United States is racism, and for white people, that’s comfortable. “We’ve got to start making it uncomfortable,” she says.

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White Fragility author Robin DiAngelo says that the status quo in the United States is racism, and for white people, that’s comfortable. “We’ve got to start making it uncomfortable,” she says.