White Fragility

Anyone who seeks this book out understands the importance of the content. However I was so disappointed by the narrator. She sounded like the voice of a digital assistant. I ended up just buying the print book instead.

Overall, this was a good book but I have read all of the books Robin DiAngelo references in her book andshe simply placed a white wrapper around the thoughts of these other authors, most of whom are authors of color. As a person of color in an extremely white workplace who is forced to navigate racism and white fragility on a daily basis, I see the value in presenting the work of a white person to my organization as a stepping stone to start the conversation. As a person of color, I am also deeply bothered by having to do so. In doing this, it actually feeds into the pitfalls and concerns DiAngelo discusses. I think this book is an excellent starting person for white people interested in delving into the topic. I would suggest people of color start with some of the reference books especially Bonilla-Silva’s Racism Without Racists and Ibram Kendi’s Stamped from the Beginning.

Separate people into groups based on race.That group is bad and this group is good.The bad group needs to be punished.I’d you disagree with me then you’re really bad.The good group can only be saved by me, the author, and ones like me.The good group needs to rewrite history, change language, and take from the bad group.A failure to understand how this book is just like Mein Kampf is an indication of stupidity.

This work is exactly the type of thing that you would need to start some sort of Moaist cultural revolution. Its a philosophical chinese finger trap where the more you struggle the more you get stuck. If your white and you buy the many unsubstantiated assumptions she makes in this book, your only options are to bow to your new postmodern thought leaders. Not exactly my cup of tea.

It would be good to know who the target audience the author intended this book to.I applaud the need for this dialogue and was looking for something to help me know where toGet started improving things to help with racial divide.I found little useful insights on how to do this from this book.Basically my takeaway is that because I am white, it is in my DNA to suppress blacks and I can’t really get rid of it.Not constructive or really insightful.

the author assumes the authority to redefine the term "rascist" so that all whites can be classified aa rascist, and pretends that the emotions connected to the term can just as easuly be divorced from the meaning of the term.

The woman who read the book sounded like the automated voice you get when you get stuck on hold with a major company. It was so dull and monotone that, had I not really wanted to hear what the author had to say, I would've returned the book very early on. Now that I've finished listening, I wonder how much of the meaning was lost on me because of my frustration with the choice of reader.

This book is extremely divisive and not what the world needs right now. We are told we need to take everything the author says at face value “just because.” There is very little science or statistics to back up what the author is saying. “Opportunistic” would be the word I would describe both the author and book as but a more accurate description would be “racist.” Just be aware that this is a white person speaking on behalf of all white and black people. As long as this kind of material is accepted as mainstream discourse, there is no hope for people ever coming together as one. I’m sure it will generate the white author plenty of money and extravagant speaking opportunities but at what cost?

Think of a cake, beautifully decorated and the frosting tastes good.This represents what you hope to learn from the book and there are elements of truth embedded in the discussion. Back to the cake,under the frosting is a load of crap, ideological talking points that hit on capitalism, "Latinx " people, and other leftist rhetoric that do nothing but tell you, you're a racist. Go ahead and listen,but please go and think about this book afterwards and search for thoughtful responses to this book. Good luck

Interesting; however when the entire premise is based on the Kafkatrap logical fallacy: There is no possible defense to the accusation. The argument is framed in a way that to deny the argument is admit that you are guilty! Ie. you’re either experiencing white fragility, or denying it. If you deny it, it’s an example of your white fragility 🙄.No way to have a healthy discourse under those circumstances and therefore manipulative. I’m not saying it cant exist but true theory should be able to be falsifiable otherwise it’s only propaganda. We need to hold ourselves to higher standards regarding such an important topic (racial equality).

The author’s tone is insufferable, preachy and pious, *not* helped by the narrator’s robotic delivery. The whole book could be condensed by a half - the arguments just kept looping. Nonetheless,I did gain insights (white tears!) and feel this is important ground to break.

I had to read this book in limited doses.It gave me so much to think about and at times it felt like hard work just to keep listening.But that is the point, I think.White people have much work to do to unlearn the racism we swim in everyday.I am very grateful for this book and what it taught me.I’ll be reflecting on its lessons for a long time.

this is such an important book, with refreshingly honest content. i plan to reread it again to affirm my understanding. speaking my truth, i found amy landon's voice distracting. it is personal preference and has little to do with her talent. i felt a more natural, friendly, clear voice would have been more pleasing to listen.amy is breathy on certain phonemes that sounded, to me, serious and silly.

Although Robin DeAngelo was capable of stringing together enough words in a straight line to create a book, it does not mean there is any coherent thinking inside all of those words. It is sad that people these days are falling for this kind of snake oil salesperson intent on putting people against each other based on race, in an attempt to claim some sort of moral superiority.

This book is so self reflective, and helped me to understand racism on a bigger platform as institutional rather than just individual. I’ve already identified racist ideas within myself, and begun to practice helping call it out when I see it in others. Highly recommend for all Americans!

I have listened to this book twice and I loved it.A lot of the things that are pointed out I have experienced from "white" people so it was refreshing to hear these things outlined in this book and explored. That said, the voice narrator does sound like she's from Cybertron.I don't know if she choose to read it like this or if this is just her natural reading voice but I'm pretty sure Optimus Prime could've read this better if they were going for a robot voice. But, that didn't distract me from the information, like it did apparently for others.The information was still great.

This is not a book that is going to convince someone that we live in a white supremacists culture and country, however if you are open to this being a possibility or you realize this is the case this book is for you. It goes into great detail as to what we should do about talking and thinking about this problem. The author gives great examples of White fragility and comparisons. One of my favorite is she is discussing the “I have a black friend so I can’t be racist.” And compares it to “I have a wife so I can’t be sexist.” Which I’d never thought of it like that and I thought that was so thoughtful. She discusses how silence on the part of whites enables racism to continue. It is an easy read, the use of “academic” language is limited, and her writing style is straightforward. I strongly recommend this audio book.

While I can understand the thought process offered here there are no real solutions other than white people need to be uncomfortable. More white people are bad and need to feel guilty for something they may or may have not done

I don’t know if this was a joke or what? The robotic readers voice offers no help to follow the thread or story. The whole book sounded like a thousand staccato unrelated sentences. The only time I thought there was any emotion in her voice came off as sarcasm! This was awful I tried to listen to it twice and you just get so mad at her fake robotic privileged sounding voice!

Everyone white person who wishes to do the work surrounding racism needs to read this book. I can go forward & continue my learning with this book serving as a reference guide.

Basically, if someone disagrees with the author, they're wrong.White people are born into privilege and do not earn what they receive.And they are racist. Wow. I gave up and returned it. Insulting and annoying.I think the author will say that's because I'm white.

I’m reading this book because I want to see the leftist ideology. This book is written by a white woman who thinks she’s queen of the minorities just because she berates white people. No race is perfect and any decent person in the world would agree racism is horrible but, according to her, that’s not good enough nor will ever be good enough.

Robin DiAngelo wrote this book because she is excusing her own personal ingrained racist behavior. You want to know how black society feels? Go make friends! Don’t take advice from a white woman! Waste of time!