Post-structuralism
Philosophical school and tradition
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| 2019 |
White defensiveness
Claudia Rankine abandoned attempts to document conversations with white men, concluding that the use of technical critical theory terminology was hindering meaningful dialogue about structural racism and potentially enabling white defensiveness, as reported by Professor Lauren Michele Jackson.
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| 2018 |
White defensiveness
DiAngelo releases her book 'White Fragility', which further develops and popularizes her theoretical framework around white people's reactions to discussions of racism.
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| 2010 |
White defensiveness
Robin DiAngelo coins the term 'white fragility' in the early 2010s, introducing a theoretical concept describing defensive responses by white people to racial stress.
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