Book · 2018 · Social Science
White Fragility
Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
#35 of 16,793 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
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Her book white fragility was at number one so it's and it's worth reading because it's unapologetic.
What they say about it
- Best-selling and widely read“at number one”4
- Criticized as flawed or incoherent“i found it incoherent”4
The best things said about it
The explosion of her book White fragility after George Floyd had been written before George flavored exploded exploded after and all of the money she made doing Zoom calls during the pandemic about how white people are too fragile to understand the truth.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · Mar 2023 And of course the author of White Fragility, which sold about half a million copies after the death of George Floyd, says there is no good form of being white.
Douglas Murray Modern Wisdom · Apr 2022 White Fragility there is a chapter called white women's tears which is all about how you know that it is emotionally manipulative when white women are confronted with their racism that they will burst into tears and everyone will comfort them.
When the BBC for instance and Sainsbury's as of this week telling their employees to read White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo which is a book which is I suppose the most popular example of critical race theory that we have at the moment.
I had the unfortunate experience of actually reading one of the best-selling books in the country, Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility. And let me just tell you, a greater pile of horse [ __ ] has never been produced by a bevy of horses.
Ben Shapiro The Joe Rogan Experience · Jul 2020 Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
32 people who brought it up
- Byron Davis1 mention · 1 rec
- Heather McGhee1 mention · 1 rec
Joe Rogan1 mention · 1 rec- Sargon of Akkad1 mention · 1 rec
- Tim Pool11 mentions
James Lindsay4 mentions- Megyn Kelly4 mentions
- Hannah Claire Brimlow3 mentions
- Andrew Doyle2 mentions
- Ben Shapiro2 mentions
Charlie Kirk2 mentions
Chris Williamson2 mentions
Why people recommend it
White Fragility by Dr. Robin DiAngelo is a sociological examination of how discussions surrounding race and racism are perceived and navigated by white people. The book received considerable attention across multiple podcasts, drawing both strong recommendations and sharp critiques. Joe Rogan on The Joe Rogan Experience brought up the work while discussing modern over-socialization and conversations about race. Sargon of Akkad mentioned it on Modern Wisdom, describing it as an unapologetic framework on whiteness. Heather McGhee recommended reading it on Pod Save America as part of an educational journey on systemic racism, while Byron Davis noted on The Rich Roll Podcast that the text helps illustrate the discomfort many white individuals experience when confronting racial issues. Conversely, Tucker Carlson criticized the work on The Tucker Carlson Show, categorizing it among titles that target the concept of whiteness. In discussions regarding political strategy, corporate diversity programs, and academic literature, commentators such as Charlie Kirk, Lee Jussim, and Dan Turrentine referenced the book's premise that white individuals should address their sensitivity toward race, noting its widespread use in college curricula and corporate environments.
Every mention
Byron Davis and and so when you when you get this this narrative a good book is is book called white for town fragility… 1
Recommended
“and and so when you when you get this this narrative a good book is is book called white for town fragility by Robyn D'Angelo”
Heather McGhee like read the color of law by Richard Roth seem to really understand how much the government segregated Ame… 1
Recommended
“like read the color of law by Richard Roth seem to really understand how much the government segregated Americans you know read the warmth of other Suns go ahead and read white fragility read the new Jim Crow read how to be an aunt racist”
Joe Rogan you've got to read the book this is a book that's white fragility by robin d'angelo 1
Recommended
“you've got to read the book this is a book that's white fragility by robin d'angelo”
Sargon of Akkad her book white fragility was at number one so it's and it's worth reading because it's unapologetic 1
Recommended
“her book white fragility was at number one so it's and it's worth reading because it's unapologetic”
Tim Pool that's the whole uh the white fragility but the book makes that argument there's gonna be an amount of peop… 11
Discussed
“that's the whole uh the white fragility but the book makes that argument there's gonna be an amount of people that are gonna be like well I don't feel bad”
Discussed
“robin d'angelo uh apparently i was talking to carl benjamin from the lotus eaters podcast about her book white fragility and he was like she basically admits like they have no answer to mixed-race people at all”
Critiqued
“they read robin d'angelo book that woman is an avowed racist she says she's a racist why are you teaching people to be like a racist woman it makes no sense”
Discussed
“i i myself have not read white fragility and i i probably should”
Critiqued
“these white progressives who are being told by avowed racists like the robin d'angelo and white fragility that here's what you need to do have a white racial awakening”
Discussed
“so look i'm i'm not going to read uh actually that that's that's an ignorant thing to say i should definitely read white fragility my my understanding of it and to be completely fair is based off of critical analysis from some people”
Discussed
“because if you read something like white fragility you're not going to be on real good terms with someone who makes the slightest misstep”
Discussed
“he read white fragility space jesus does look good in the magabini okay this woman robin d'angelo says she's a racist she openly admits it”
Discussed
“I was talking to Sargon because he was reading white fragility and what he basically said was she she basically poo-poos mixed-race people like if they're not a part of this world view you so you're not a part of it”
Discussed
“white fragility it the book was you ever one on Amazon and it says why people are racist”
Critiqued
“the funny thing about white fragility is what that book the book is that like the most fragile white people are the people who are promoting that book”
James Lindsay yeah it's like like this book now white fragility right Robin D'Angelo's book white fragility it's that's t… 4
Discussed
“yeah it's like like this book now white fragility right Robin D'Angelo's book white fragility it's that's the one that Matt Taibbi destroyed”
Discussed
“because you're going to want to like there's this feeling with again reading robbing D'Angelo's why fertility is this feeling like that she doesn't want to feel alone like she has these struggles”
Discussed
“Robyn D'Angelo says that she thinks that the white progressives and white liberals are the worst of holding white supremacy the worst form because they”
Discussed
“well Robyn D'Angelo's white fragility there's a study there's a study there's a study there's a study I know how”
Megyn Kelly She actually recommends in this book that a white person whenever she or he walks into a room with a black… 4
Discussed
“of course let's not forget Rob and D'Angelo in white fragility excoriating this particular film The Blind Side as fundamentally and insidiously anti-black little”
Discussed
“the explosion of her book White fragility after George Floyd had been written before George flavored exploded exploded after and all of the money she made doing Zoom calls during the pandemic about how white people are too fragile to understand the truth”
Critiqued
“She actually recommends in this book that a white person whenever she or he walks into a room with a black person start off by apologizing just hi I'm sorry I'm white”
Discussed
“this is straight out of robin d'angelo's white fragility this is basically her whole theme”
Hannah Claire Brimlow this listen this white fragility lady white fragility is a nationwide bestseller right now 3
Discussed
“well if you don't that's why fragility exactly that's literally what that book is based on”
Discussed
“this listen this white fragility lady white fragility is a nationwide bestseller right now”
Critiqued
“in my opinion the people who are reading white fragility they're white supremacists absolutely with guilty consciences”
Andrew Doyle even when i read white fragility by robin deangelo which i think is a terrible book and is is so flawed thr… 2
Critiqued
“even when i read white fragility by robin deangelo which i think is a terrible book and is is so flawed throughout every now and then she'll hit on something”
Discussed
“when the bbc for instance um and sainsbury's as of this week um telling their employees to read white fragility by robin d'angelo which is a book which is uh i suppose the most popular example of of critical race theory that we have at the moment”
Ben Shapiro This is what Abraham Kenzi says in "How to be an Antiracist," and Robin DiAngelo sort of mirrors this. 2
Discussed
“This is what Abraham Kenzi says in "How to be an Antiracist," and Robin DiAngelo sort of mirrors this.”
Critiqued
“I had the unfortunate experience of actually reading one of the best-selling books in the country, Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility. And let me just tell you, a greater pile of horse [ __ ] has never been produced by a bevy of horses.”
Charlie Kirk and her book White fragility literally the entire premise of her book is that white people need to stop bei… 2
Discussed
“and her book White fragility literally the entire premise of her book is that white people need to stop being so fragile about race”
Critiqued
“like white fragility yes by Robin D'Angelo”
Chris Williamson i've not read white fragility or how to be anti-racist please don't how would you describe those books to me 2
Critiqued
“if you're just working in a company and you're told that you're going to do racial bias training and you're told that you should read um robyn d'angelo's work about and think about your white privilege which john mcwhorter uh called the second worst book he's ever read”
Discussed
“i've not read white fragility or how to be anti-racist please don't how would you describe those books to me”
David Sacks these hr consultants who've written these books like on the was it uh d'angelo or whatever on white fragili… 2
Critiqued
“these hr consultants who've written these books like on the was it uh d'angelo or whatever on white fragility and you know how how to be an anti-racist i mean they're all making a fortune in corporate fees”
Discussed
“No, I mean these HR consultants who've written these books, like on the—was it D'Angelo or whatever on white fragility? And you know, how to be an anti-racist?”
Douglas Murray Robin D'Angelo who wrote White fragility another one of theologizing anti-white books of our time 2
Critiqued
“Robin D'Angelo who wrote White fragility another one of theologizing anti-white books of our time”
Critiqued
“and of course the author of white fragility which sold about half a million copies after the death of george floyd um says there is no good form of being white”
Jordan Peterson she wrote a book called white fragility which was published last year and was all the rave i found it incoh… 2
Critiqued
“the most surprising thing to me and I don't want to be speaking out of turn here was the fact that you got to talk to Robin dangelo and Robin dangelo famously is the author of um white fragility which is really one of the most Dispicable books I would say that's ever been written”
Critiqued
“she wrote a book called white fragility which was published last year and was all the rave i found it incoherent”
Candace Owens they're saying no one is teaching critical race theory because no one is showing the book white fragility w… 1
Discussed
“they're saying no one is teaching critical race theory because no one is showing the book white fragility which is critical white studies nobody is reading kimberly crenshaw you're all mistaken”
Carlos Lozada White fragility by Robin D'Angelo which is a book that I write about in my book is not a trump book but it… 1
Discussed
“White fragility by Robin D'Angelo which is a book that I write about in my book is not a trump book but it is a book that has become a huge part of the conversation in this period”
Dan Turrentine I think most Republicans will say he's not going to make them read white fragility he's not going to talk a… 1
Discussed
“I think most Republicans will say he's not going to make them read white fragility he's not going to talk about white rage”
David M. Haskell so right now the most popular the most well selling or best-selling books are white fragility by uh deangel… 1
Discussed
“so right now the most popular the most well selling or best-selling books are white fragility by uh deangelo and i can't remember her first name and then there's robin d'angelo”
Elijah Schaffer so look i'm i'm not going to read uh actually that that's that's an ignorant thing to say i should definite… 1
Discussed
“so look i'm i'm not going to read uh actually that that's that's an ignorant thing to say i should definitely read white fragility”
Elizabeth Harris white fragility by Robin D'Angelo debut at number one 1
Discussed
“white fragility by Robin D'Angelo debut at number one”
Forrest Cooper what do we learn from the book white fragility the author is a terrible person and she wants to project tha… 1
Critiqued
“what do we learn from the book white fragility the author is a terrible person and she wants to project that on everybody else”
Gilbert Cruz there's this great line in your book and it's in reference to one book in particular a book you you mention… 1
Discussed
“there's this great line in your book and it's in reference to one book in particular a book you you mentioned earlier white fragility”
Helen Lewis and and and white fragility there is a chapter called white women's tears which is all about how you know t… 1
Discussed
“and and and white fragility there is a chapter called white women's tears which is all about how you know that it is emotionally manipulative when white women are confronted with their racism that they will burst into tears and everyone will Comfort them”
Jon Favreau you get a loudness county school board member writing op-eds about how loudoun county hired an equity consu… 1
Discussed
“you get a loudness county school board member writing op-eds about how loudoun county hired an equity consultant that recommended the teachers base their lessons on books like robin d'angelo's white fragility which says quote a positive white identity is an impossible goal”
Lee Jussim and there are for for race we used um passages from kend's How To Be An anti-racist and from D'Angelo's whi… 1
Discussed
“and there are for for race we used um passages from kend's How To Be An anti-racist and from D'Angelo's white fr these books were widely required throughout colleges”
Matt Walsh I actually read I read Robin DiAngelo's book White Fragility in in preparation for our interview with her. 1
Discussed
“I actually read I read Robin DiAngelo's book White Fragility in in preparation for our interview with her.”
Mirna Valerio you read white fragility 1
Discussed
“you read white fragility”
Phil Allen, Jr. it's gonna force them to these are my white fragility with D'Angelo's talking about it 1
Discussed
“it's gonna force them to these are my white fragility with D'Angelo's talking about it”
Rich Roll i was reading i just pulled up this article i don't know if you saw it um that was in the new york times su… 1
Discussed
“i was reading i just pulled up this article i don't know if you saw it um that was in the new york times sunday magazine about robin d'angelo's work did you it's like this long read article about white fragility is everywhere”
Sharon Osbourne that is from um oh god what is the book called uh white for is it white forgiving fragility robin d'angelo… 1
Discussed
“that is from um oh god what is the book called uh white for is it white forgiving fragility robin d'angelo that's what it's from and they just read that book and took those lines out of that book”
Tucker Carlson Is it white fragility, white rage? These are books about how the concept of whiteness when they've sort of… 1
Critiqued
“Is it white fragility, white rage? These are books about how the concept of whiteness when they've sort of tried to allied the genocide accusation by making about whiteness inventing a new term.”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker5
Critiqued
“I'd love to debate Nicole Hannah Jones of the 1619 project or Robin D'Angelo the race huxter author of white fragility and other unreadable terms”
Discussed
“or hypothetically if an author claimed that all white people are racist secretly and suffer with white agility and then decides that any denial of the racism is evidence of their white fragility and complicity and racist superstructures”
Discussed
“what's that supposed to mean you know what it means you you're right now doing what being defensive about race Robert D'Angelo wrote a whole book about it read it yet again”
Discussed
“but that's goodness that's what white fragility is about it seriously white fragility it the book was you ever one on Amazon”
Discussed
“she's in the middle of white fragility no she's like man i need i need a break right now from from reading this terrible piece of work”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“robert d'angelo is the woman who wrote white fragility white fragility”
Passing
“we just say robin d'angelo wrote the best-selling book white fragility ibrahim kennedy wrote stamp from the beginning and how to be an anti-racist”
Passing
“the white fragility autobook uh audiobook is on youtube it's six hours long and tough to listen to”
Passing
“so so they did a display of all of these woke books and one of the books they put on the pedestal was woke by titanium TI Andrew Doyle's you know project and so you have like you know white fragility and like you know white whatever and then there's woke”
Passing
“I'm just surprised you know white fragility isn't”