Mewbourne College Fall 2020 Learning Community
For the Fall 2020 semester, the Mewbourne College will be offering the learning community in a new format - and for alumni for the very first time. The alumni learning community will mirror the on-campus learning community and will last the entire fall 2020 semester, and be completely online. Participants will be given a reading guide, discussion questions to think about and more. Please fill out the information below to indicate your interest for the Fall 2020 Alumni Learning Community - please note that you will be responsible for purchasing your own book.
The book title for Fall 2020 is:
Robin DiAngelo -
In this “vital, necessary, and beautiful book” (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and “allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to ‘bad people’ (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively.