Robin DiAngelo
Academic and author on whiteness
Robin DiAngelo is an American author and academic who coined the term "white fragility" in 2011. She works in critical discourse analysis and whiteness studies.
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American Born 1956 in United States, United States
About Robin DiAngelo
At the University of Washington, DiAngelo holds an affiliate post as associate professor in education. She previously held a tenured post as a professor of multicultural education at Westfield State University. She first set out the idea of white fragility in a 2011 academic paper, then explored it in the 2018 book White Fragility. The book stayed on the New York Times Bestseller list for three years, and editions exist in 13 languages. Alongside her academic work, she has been a consultant and educator on racial and social justice for more than 25 years.