@article{harries_cause_2020, title = {The Cause of White Fragility: Blasphemy of the Secular}, url = {https://www.academia.edu/43676618/The_Cause_of_White_Fragility_Blasphemy_of_the_Secular}, shorttitle = {The Cause of White Fragility}, abstract = {Review of Diangelo, Robin, 2018, White Fragility: why its so hard for white people to talk about racism. Boston: Beacon Press. What Diangelo is describing as white fragility, is a scenario that arises when an outsider unashamedly simply and apparently effectively questions or undermines one’s foundational beliefs. Whites’ understanding of history tells them that their grasp of science and objectivity, that is related to their having been the ones to initiate industry, democracy and civilisation, means that they are superior. In effect, secular whites have usurped the role of God. Thus, what Diangelo describes is none other than responses by whites to blasphemy by those who question their 'ascendancy'. Secular whites do not realise that this is what is happening. (Neither do Christian Whites, whose Christianity has appropriated many aspects of secular society.) The obvious solution, is to put God back in charge.}, journaltitle = {academia.edu}, author = {Harries, Jim}, urldate = {2020-09-04}, date = {2020-07}, note = {Free}, }