White Fragility

Race is...

• Genetic Difference

• A Social Construct

• Weird

• Not Cool

A socio-political economic system of domination based on racial categories that benefits those defined and perceived as white is called

• Xenophobia

• How Life Should Be

• A Social Construct

• White Supremacy

“If we pretend not to notice race, then there can be no racism” White people don’t have a subconscious racial bias, so it’s possible to be “color-blind”

• True

• False

“My parents were not racist, and they taught me not to be racist”. This is an example of which of the following:

• Good/Bad Binary

• Isolation

• Raining Cats and Dogs

• Being Down Bad

“Blackness is essential to the creation of white identity”

• True

• False

“ A sociology term meaning “a person’s familiar ways of perceiving, interpreting, and responding to the social cues around him or her” is what?

• Racial Trigger

• Fragility

• Habitus

• Equilibrium

White solidarity allows white people to feel racially comfortable in many scenarios

• True

• False

Who does “white fragility” impact?

• African Americans

• Hispanics

• White People

• Everyone

What type of action is white fragility?

• Physical

• Behavioral

How can White people engage in productive conversations about racism?

• Guidelines

• Assumptions

• Comebacks

• Silence