The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.

This remarkable book encourages folks to embrace a more deeply nuanced exploration of white culture and dominance and, as such, will be a great contribution in promoting the necessary policy change and healing that this country requires.  Dr. DiAngelo’s work in deconstructing whiteness is not only brilliant, it is written in a way that is crystal clear and accessible to each and every reader.  While this is a powerful scholarly analysis of white fragility, it is also an invitation to engage in deep personal inquiry and collective change.  As a woman of color, I find hope in this book because of its potential to disrupt the patterns and relationships that have emerged out of long-standing colonial principles and beliefs.  White Fragility is an essential tool toward authentic dialogue and action.

– SHAKTI BUTLER,
president of World Trust and director of
Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible