Robin Di Angelo, if you recall, is a stupid woman who wasted years of formal education to get a PHD in Racial Issues. Pursuing that degree, in and of itself doesn't make Di Angelo stupid, what makes Di Angelo stupid is that after all those years of specialized education in her field, she admits herself, that she isn't qualified to know if she is behaving in a racist way or not. THAT'S WHAT MAKES HER STUPID.
Di Angelo: I am a white woman whose academic, professional, and personal commitment is to anti-racist practice, however, I don’t call myself an “anti-racist white” because I believe that it is for people of color to decide if, in any given moment, I am behaving in anti-racist ways. These are the issues and perspectives that guide my work.
Anyway, Di Angelo's solution to determining if she's behaving in a racist way or not, is to simply ask a person of color. (Just think how better off she would have been if she had realized that before wasting our educational resources.)
Anyway (again), I would like for DiAngelo to ask a person of color about my own behavior.
You see, whenever I have the opportunity to hold a door (we still do that in the south) for a person of color, I almost always find myself being just a slight bit more polite and gentlemanly than if I were to do the same for a non person of color. I inwardly feel that I should go to a slightly extra step in politeness to let a person of color know that I do not dislike them simply because of the color of their skin.
Am I behaving in an anti-racist way or not?
Robin, please ask a person of color and get back to me.
Di Angelo: I am a white woman whose academic, professional, and personal commitment is to anti-racist practice, however, I don’t call myself an “anti-racist white” because I believe that it is for people of color to decide if, in any given moment, I am behaving in anti-racist ways. These are the issues and perspectives that guide my work.
Anyway, Di Angelo's solution to determining if she's behaving in a racist way or not, is to simply ask a person of color. (Just think how better off she would have been if she had realized that before wasting our educational resources.)
Anyway (again), I would like for DiAngelo to ask a person of color about my own behavior.
You see, whenever I have the opportunity to hold a door (we still do that in the south) for a person of color, I almost always find myself being just a slight bit more polite and gentlemanly than if I were to do the same for a non person of color. I inwardly feel that I should go to a slightly extra step in politeness to let a person of color know that I do not dislike them simply because of the color of their skin.
Am I behaving in an anti-racist way or not?
Robin, please ask a person of color and get back to me.
