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Jennifer Van Haaften
Jennifer Van Haaften

Jennifer Van Haaften

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From How White People Handle Diversity Training in the Workplace by Robin DiAngelo

…vors is not without significance, as it is another example of how white fragility distorts reality. By employing terms that connote physical abuse, whites tap into the classic story that people of color (particularly African Americans) are dangerous and violent. In so doing, whites distort the real direction of danger between whites and others. This history be…

From How White People Handle Diversity Training in the Workplace by Robin DiAngelo

…dislike others because of their race; a racist is consciously prejudiced and intends to be hurtful. Because this definition requires conscious intent, it exempts virtually all white people and functions beautifully to obscure and protect racism as a system in which we are all implicated. This definition also ensures that any suggestion of racially problematic behavior will trigger moral outrage and defense.

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Three Lessons I’ve Learned About People from Being a Librarian (plus a bonus one)

Oleg Kagan

How a Museum Garden Connects Community

Paige Dansinger