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‘White Fragility’ Is a Racist Concept

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‘White Fragility’ Is a Racist Concept
A woman holds a placard reading "white privilege" during a demonstration in Barcelona, Spain, on June 14, 2020. Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images
Philip Carl Salzman
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Like “black criminality,” “Jewish shrewdness,” “Italian mafiosity,” and “Irish drunkenness,” “white fragility” is a racist concept.

Philip Carl Salzman
Philip Carl Salzman
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Philip Carl Salzman is professor emeritus of anthropology at McGill University, senior fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, fellow at the Middle East Forum, and Past President of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East.
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