Robin DiAngelo is an American academic, lecturer, and author working in the fields of critical discourse analysis and whiteness studies. She is known for her work pertaining to white fragility, a term which she coined in 2011.
Two community presentations:
September 12, 6:30 – 8 p.m., Sun Valley Community School, Sun Valley
September 13, 6:30 – 8 p.m., Community Campus, Hailey
Racial Relations Workshop:
September 13, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., The Community Library, Ketchum
“My race-relations sessions take an anti-racist approach. An anti-racist approach includes: acknowledging and challenging the historic and current power differentials between people of color and white people, addressing the patterns that develop due to the dynamics of internalized racism and internalized dominance, building processes and norms that are designed to be vigilant about these patterns. I make sure to: (1) set a constructive climate for learning through role-modeling and use of self, (2) take into account the groups’ diversity and how that diversity impacts the group’s dynamics, (3) balance the intellectual with the emotional components of learning, and (4) make learning resources available. In addition to content knowledge, my expertise is in presenting information that is difficult or emotionally charged clearly and accessibly. My primary goal is always to deepen skills and relationships among team members and between social groups.” (https://robindiangelo.com/)
This series is brought to you by a coalition of local nonprofits and educators: The Advocates, The Hunger Coalition, Nosotros United, The Community Library, The Community School, CSI Nonprofit Education Initiative, and Blaine County Education Foundation.
