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We were asked to go around the room and talk about our race slash culture. | |
The hired facilitators said any white person who displays discomfort or distress when asked to discuss their race is not actually feeling distressed. | |
What they're exhibiting is a power play and that is white fragility. | |
Today I sit down with Jodi Shaw, who has become an influential figure in the growing movement opposing training based on critical race theory in academia and beyond. | |
She made waves when she started speaking out in 2019 about the increasing illiberalism she saw at her then-employer and alma mater, Smith College. | |
Because it takes a while to build the conviction and to understand that there's nothing actually wrong with you. | |
The feeling that something's not right is because something isn't right. |