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Alison Whittaker

A photo of fragile white snowflakes

Alison Whittaker on Robin DiAngelo: So White. So What.

Alison Whittaker, Meanjin, Autumn 2020

Maybe it was never about surrendering white power but finding the easiest way to consolidate it in the framework of justice. White fragility found a crack in the mortar of whiteness that was just beginning to crumble.

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