Do white people need to become race conscious? Is America a white supremacist culture? Is racisim a structure rather than an event? Should white women cry in the presence of women of colour?

Jonathan and Holly discuss the notion of white fragility popularised by Robin Diangelo in her controversial book White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism.

The Political Animals is co-hosted by:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jonathan Cole⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, an academic interested in conservatism, libertarianism, political ideology and political theology; and

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Holly Lawford-Smith⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, an academic working in moral and political philosophy, with a particular interest in feminist theory and movement. You can find Holly on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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