Reviews Write New Review
Location
Booking Fee
Fee: $##,###Get Pricing
Virtual Fee: $##,###Get Pricing
[email protected]
Dr. DiAngelo is an Affiliate Associate Professor of Education at the University of Washington. In addition, she holds two Honorary Doctorates. She is a two-time winner of the Student’s Choice Award for Educator of the Year at the University of Washington’s School of Social Work. She has numerous publications and books. In 2011 she coined the term White Fragility in an academic article which has influenced the international dialogue on race. Her book, White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism was released in June of 2018 and debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List, where it has remained for over a year and is being translated into 5 languages. In addition to her academic work, Dr. DiAngelo has been a consultant and trainer for over 20 years on issues of racial and social justice.
Speech Topics
White Fragility
White people in the U.S. live in a racially insular social environment. This insulation builds our expectations for racial comfort while at the same time lowering our stamina for enduring racial stress. I term this lack of racial stamina “White Fragility.” White Fragility is a state in which even a minimal challenge to the white position becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves including: argumentation, invalidation, silence, withdrawal and claims of being attacked and misunderstood. These moves function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and maintain control. This talk will provide an overview of the socialization that inculcates white fragility and provide the perspectives and skills needed for white people to build their racial stamina and develop more equitable and just racial norms and practices.
Seeing the Racial Water
What does it mean to be white in a society that proclaims race meaningless yet is deeply divided by race? Dr. DiAngelo will describe the way race shapes the lives of White people, explain what makes racism so hard for White people to see, and identify common White racial patterns that prevent us from moving towards greater racial equity. Weaving information, analysis, stories, images, and familiar examples, she provides the framework needed to develop white racial literacy. Although the focus is on white racial identity development, people of color may also find the analysis valuable as it is one that is rarely affirmed or provided in mainstream society.
Related Speakers View all
Ellen McGirt
Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Col...
|
|
Tim Wise
Anti-Racist Essayist, Author & Educator; Expert on W...
|
|
Nafissa Thompson-Spires
Author of "Heads of the Colored People"
|
|
Fania Davis
Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oak...
|
|
Michael Eric Dyson
MSNBC Political Analyst, Former Host of NPR's "The M...
|
|
Roland Martin
Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality, Author...
|
|
Dr. Marc Lamont Hill
Presidential Professor at CUNY Graduate Center, BET ...
|
|
Nikki Giovanni
Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author
|
|
Jane Elliott
Anti-Racism Activist, Educator, Feminist & LGBT Acti...
|
|
Angela Davis
Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer
|
|
Bethaney Wilkinson
Writer, Researcher, Social Entrepreneur, Author of "...
|
|
EbonyJanice Moore
Activist, Professor, Author, Womanist Scholar
|
|
Tiffany Jewell
Anti-Racist Educator, Author of "This Book is Anti-R...
|
|
Austin Channing Brown
Racial Justice Advocate & Bestselling Author of "I'm...
|
|
Tamika D. Mallory
Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist
|
|
Dorothy Roberts
Scholar & Social Justice Advocate
|
|
Zerlina Maxwell
Political Analyst, Sexual Assault Awareness Advocate...
|
|
Beverly Tatum
Best-Selling Author, Higher Education Leadership & R...
|
|
Mahzarin R. Banaji
Psychologist at Harvard University Known for Popular...
|
|
Clayborne Carson
Scholar, Author, Professor, Civil Rights Historian &...
|