It’s somewhat ironic how she defends her actions as not racist because her definition of racism requires institutional power, yet the actual power dynamics of her position as an outside consultant often grant her massive institutional power. She of course goes on to abuse her institutional power. Folks deride DiAngelo’s arguments on white fragility and racism rightfully so because she takes every attempt to force her opinion upon others using her role as “racial equity consultant” rather than actually debate the issue. Her modus operandi is: get white people working at this company to understand and agree with my position by force and the implicit threat that they will be fired, transferred, or reprimanded if they don’t comply. Yet somehow she gets away with the lie that she’s not racist because she’s not abusing institutional power.
Additionally, systemic racism as you call it is still factually invalid. Hiring trends show that white people have the least in group bias out of all hiring groups. The assumption is that systemic racism exists and that it’s perpetuated by white people and that it benefits white people but that assumption is just the map and you should have a good reason to believe that the map is accurate before acting on it. The majority of race-based academic literature puts the cart before the horse. It’s focused entirely on how to solve structural racism, with little to no research demonstrating that structural racism actually exists in the first place.
It’s somewhat ironic how she defends her actions as not racist because her definition of racism requires institutional power, yet the actual power dynamics of her position as an outside consultant often grant her massive institutional power. She of course goes on to abuse her institutional power. Folks deride DiAngelo’s arguments on white fragility and racism rightfully so because she takes every attempt to force her opinion upon others using her role as “racial equity consultant” rather than actually debate the issue. Her modus operandi is: get white people working at this company to understand and agree with my position by force and the implicit threat that they will be fired, transferred, or reprimanded if they don’t comply. Yet somehow she gets away with the lie that she’s not racist because she’s not abusing institutional power.
Additionally, systemic racism as you call it is still factually invalid. Hiring trends show that white people have the least in group bias out of all hiring groups. The assumption is that systemic racism exists and that it’s perpetuated by white people and that it benefits white people but that assumption is just the map and you should have a good reason to believe that the map is accurate before acting on it. The majority of race-based academic literature puts the cart before the horse. It’s focused entirely on how to solve structural racism, with little to no research demonstrating that structural racism actually exists in the first place.