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I think instantly feeling uncomfortable about a term like "White Fragility" and writing an entire comment about being uncomfortable about the term instead of a comment about the racism Black people face in all walks of life is a perfect example of white fragility.

>>hello_+(OP)
With logic like that, who needs dialogue?

>>hello_+(OP)
That's incredibly convenient, don't you think? If I was a human being who happened to be black, and made the same criticism, would you have a different response?

You think that my response epitomized the thing I was complaining about. You are welcome to that opinion.

I think that your comment epitomizes the problem I was talking about, which is that this philosophy espouses that every thought in my head or word from my mouth is impossible to separate from my ethnicity. My ideas are beholden to and a product of my group identity in this worldview. I find that to be dangerous and regressive.

I should also add that "White Fragility" didn't "instantly" make me uncomfortable. I purchased and read the entire book. I was open minded about it, until the complete lack of scientific rigor and opinionated, essay-type qualities became clear.

>>hello_+(OP)
Yes, that's exactly the problem with the concept of white fragility. It's a Kafka trap [0]. You either agree with the concept and its implications/assumptions or you are accused of exemplifying it. It's a clever bit of rhetoric if you're fan of argument by denunciation.

[0]: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kafkatrap