Like a nontechnical user trying to understand a technical problem, our racial illiteracy limits our ability to have meaningful conversations about race. Robin DiAngelo More Quotes by Robin DiAngelo More Quotes From Robin DiAngelo People of color understand what it means to be white more than I ever will. Robin DiAngelo understandcolorwhitepeople White people are very wily when it comes to race. We will do everything that we can to get out from under the idea of race. Robin DiAngelo willracewhitepeople White fragility doesn't always manifest in overt ways; silence and withdrawal are also functions of fragility. Robin DiAngelo alwaysmanifestsilencewhite We have always policed the bodies of people of color, and black people in particular. The Jim Crow South is a classic example. White flight in the North. School segregation. Gerrymandering. Robin DiAngelo blackwhitepeopleschool While everyone has racial bias, I reserve the word 'racist' to describe the bias that white people have - our collective bias is backed by institutional power. Robin DiAngelo everyonepowerwhitepeople I think our everyday coded language around 'good neighborhoods' and 'bad neighborhoods' is what allows for tremendous violence to happen... When you label a neighborhood 'bad' and avoid it, then you don't know and don't see what goes on there. And there's no human face to interrupt that narrative. Robin DiAngelo facegoodyouviolence
