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@V8POW Robin DiAngelo is an #ethnomasochist nobody who got a frivolous PhD in "multicultural studies" at age 47, and is known for her "notable idea" of White Fragility,
but she is (was) so obscure that her wiki was near deletion in both 2018 and 2019:
#RobinDiAngelo #WhiteFragility
but she is (was) so obscure that her wiki was near deletion in both 2018 and 2019:
#RobinDiAngelo #WhiteFragility
@V8POW On #WhiteFragility:
The WHITE FRAGILITY concept / phrase / meme / endzone-dance / soft-blood-libel.
2011: coined;
2010s: made rounds on academic-left-fringe;
2020: broke through with George Floyd riots.
Using Ngram and Google Trends data and more. Story in 21 parts (thread).
The WHITE FRAGILITY concept / phrase / meme / endzone-dance / soft-blood-libel.
2011: coined;
2010s: made rounds on academic-left-fringe;
2020: broke through with George Floyd riots.
Using Ngram and Google Trends data and more. Story in 21 parts (thread).
@V8POW (1.) The term "White Fragility" was independently 'coined'/used many times, and makes sporadic appearances in the 1990s/2000s in NGram but with all kinds of meanings.
One from 2004 refers to the 1994 OJ Simpson ex-wife murder but not related to the late 2010s/2020 meaning:
One from 2004 refers to the 1994 OJ Simpson ex-wife murder but not related to the late 2010s/2020 meaning:
