New Yorker writer Katy Waldman reviews sociologist Robin DiAngelo’s new book, White Fragility. The defensive, often outraged reactions of white people to learning the unpleasant realities of racism, often in their own behavior, work “‘to reinstate white equilibrium as they repel the challenge, return our racial comfort, and maintain our dominance within the racial hierarchy.’” Or as Waldman puts it “White fragility holds racism in place.” To read the complete review, click here.