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Post by old member on Aug 23, 2024 12:51:47 GMT -5
reason.com/2024/02/08/robin-diangelo-adam-david-white-supremacy/www.robindiangelo.com/Robin DiAngelo is an author, academic, and lecturer who specializes in antiracism. Her work gained attention following the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement, and she became a celebrated speaker and subject matter expert on white privilege. After the May 2020 death of George Floyd, her book, White Fragility, rocketed to the top of the bestseller list.
For DiAngelo, racism is not merely a set of negative attitudes about minorities—it is more akin to a spiritual illness that afflicts virtually all white people. Luckily for DiAngelo, she is selling the cure, in the form of her books, lectures, and other speaking engagements. The work is lucrative: the University of Connecticut, for instance, paid her $20,000 to teach at a seminar, and she reportedly charges between $10,000 and $15,000 for a few hours of work. (Or $320 per phone call!)
Despite many schools, local governments, nonprofits, and even some corporations throwing sacks of money at her, DiAngelo has accumulated some detractors. Columbia University's John McWhorter pilloried White Fragility as evincing a "dehumanizing condescension" toward black people. The Washington Post's Carlos Lozada accused DiAngelo of employing circular logic to argue "any dissent from White Fragility is itself white fragility." Nice Racism, the sequel to White Fragility that no one asked for, was similarly panned.
Robin DiAngelo explains that Michelangelo's Creation of Adam on the Sistine Chapel ceiling is the "single image" she uses to "capture the concept of white supremacy."
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Post by luapnor on Aug 23, 2024 12:56:15 GMT -5
mining the progressive white guilt for gold... seems like it is working for her. The gravy train is coming to an end for all the DEI evangelists.
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Post by meateater on Aug 23, 2024 14:19:36 GMT -5
white people are the best. hockey players.
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Post by tampaspicer on Aug 23, 2024 14:21:25 GMT -5
Racecar drivers too
and golf
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Post by tonyroma on Aug 23, 2024 14:42:24 GMT -5
Got the market cornered on curling and polka musicians.
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Post by Reptile Dysfunction on Aug 23, 2024 21:23:18 GMT -5
Got the market cornered on curling and polka musicians. And Nobel prize winners in the hard sciences.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Aug 23, 2024 21:27:01 GMT -5
Got the market cornered on curling and polka musicians. Hey. My mother’s cousin was the “Polka King”. On early TV
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Post by tonyroma on Aug 23, 2024 21:32:59 GMT -5
Got the market cornered on curling and polka musicians. Hey. My mother’s cousin was the “Polka King”. On early TV I ain’t hating on Polka, fair skin folk gotta dance somewhere.
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Post by olmucky on Aug 24, 2024 7:47:58 GMT -5
white people are the best. hockey players. Apparently female basketball too
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Post by tonyroma on Aug 24, 2024 9:45:44 GMT -5
white people are the best. hockey players. Apparently female basketball too Ummmm, no.
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Post by olmucky on Aug 24, 2024 10:12:59 GMT -5
Apparently female basketball too Ummmm, no. Apparently you haven’t followed along with the wnba this season (Yeah I know it’s one gal, but boy is she something special. And based on the hate she’s received from the non-white players…)
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Post by tonyroma on Aug 24, 2024 10:17:09 GMT -5
Apparently you haven’t followed along with the wnba this season (Yeah I know it’s one gal, but boy is she something special. And based on the hate she’s received from the non-white players…) Oh, she’s damn good. And has the ability to be the best ever. She’s got people watching including me and my wife.
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Post by olmucky on Aug 24, 2024 10:42:09 GMT -5
Apparently you haven’t followed along with the wnba this season (Yeah I know it’s one gal, but boy is she something special. And based on the hate she’s received from the non-white players…) Oh, she’s damn good. And has the ability to be the best ever. She’s got people watching including me and my wife. I’ve watched it with the wife over the years (Olympics and regular) and couldn’t make it past 4-5 minutes. It’s just horrible ball But when she’s playing, it’s like both teams up their game. They still miss easy passes and layups and stuff but it’s def at a higher level when she’s on the court. Her vision and skill is beyond reproach. Her games are on the tv here every night
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Post by tonyroma on Aug 24, 2024 11:45:28 GMT -5
Oh, she’s damn good. And has the ability to be the best ever. She’s got people watching including me and my wife. I’ve watched it with the wife over the years (Olympics and regular) and couldn’t make it past 4-5 minutes. It’s just horrible ball But when she’s playing, it’s like both teams up their game. They still miss easy passes and layups and stuff but it’s def at a higher level when she’s on the court. Her vision and skill is beyond reproach. Her games are on the tv here every night Agreed, her court vision is scary. It’s taken a minute for her teammates to get used to it. But they are in the playoff hunt and I’m enjoying watching.
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Post by Captj on Aug 26, 2024 8:07:20 GMT -5
Her skills are awesome! Assists as well as being a pure shooter!
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