writer and think tank scholars benjamin powell on "after words" robin d'angelo discusses her book nice racism, how progressive white people perpetuate harm she is interviewed an author and professor of american studies at princeton university. watch book tv every weekend and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime at booktv.org. >> now one book tv afterward program robin d'angelo looks at how white people can and overtly cause racial harm to what she calls a cultural she is interviewed by eddie author and princeton professor of african-american studies the weekly interview program with relevant guest host interview the top nonfiction authors about their latestct work. >> i'm so delighted to have this opportunity to sit down and talm with youou robin d'angelo i am o excited. >> thank you so much it's an honor. >> >>i want to begin it seems a basic question but it's a moment in the book where you are dealing with the tension between class and race and you told your story and i thought it was really important to begin with your journey of w this work, tel me a l

five reasons why robin d'angelo is wrong. and the top one will be she says all white people are racist,can you believe that . what i want to ask is much every white person to do is take a moment and define yourself what is the criteria by which you would grant that somebody's racist. what is the criteria? i don't think many white peoplehave thought deeply about that . if you're astounded that i would say all white people are racist, then tell me what you think it takes. and is probably going to come down to some version of individual conscious meanness across base and that's the framework. that paradigm just couldn't be more effective at protectingracism . because it one exempts virtually all white people . guarantees distance. guarantees that then nice people couldn't possibly participate and weend up with racism without racist . and so let me just be clear since i said it. when i say all white people are racist what i mean is that we live in a society in which it confuses racist ideology ideology is circling all thetime . t

. >> i'm so delighted to have this opportunity to sit down and talk with you robin d'angelo if i may call you robin. >> thank you so much, it's an honor. >> i want to begin with what seems like a basic question. it's the moment in the book where you were actually dealing with the kind of tension between class and race. and you told your story. and i thought it really important to kind of begin with your journey to this work. help a little bit about, talk about you. and the way in which your upbringing shapes how you approach education. >> sure. i'll talk about the aspects of my life and upbringing that ithink is so relevant to the work that i do today . the two pieces and one i'm not sure i write about in the book and that is that my mother died when i was 11 years old.she died of leukemia. this was the late 50s, early 60s. at that time didn't talk about those things. it probably seems shocking to people today but cancer was a shameful thing and we were told not to speak about it and when she died we were told not to talk about it. afterwards either. so it was a traumatic experience f

. >> i'm so delighted to have this opportunity to sit down and talk with you robin d'angelo if i may call you robin. >> thank you so much, it's an honor. >> i want to begin with what seems like a basic question. it's the moment in the book where you were actually dealing with the kind of tension between class and race. and you told your story. and i thought it really important to kind of begin with your journey to this work. help a little bit about, talk about you. and the way in which your upbringing shapes how you approach education. >> sure. i'll talk about the aspects of my life and upbringing that ithink is so relevant to the work that i do today . the two pieces and one i'm not sure i write about in the book and that is that my mother died when i was 11 years old.she died of leukemia. this was the late 50s, early 60s. at that time didn't talk about those things. it probably seems shocking to people today but cancer was a shameful thing and we were told not to speak about it and when she died we were told not to talk about it. afterwards either. so it was a traumatic experience f

>> robin d'angelo looks at how well intentioned what people can inadvertently cause racial harm through what shecalls a culture of niceness .she's interviewed by arthur and princeton university professor of african-american studies. afterwards is a weekly interview program with relevant guests host interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work . >> i'm so delighted to have this opportunity to sit down and talk with you . if i maycall you robin . >> thank you so much, it's an honor. >> i want to begin with it seems like a basic question but it's a moment in the book where you are actually dealing with the kind of tension between class and race. and you told your story. and i thought it's really important to find to begin with your journey to this work. tell a little bit about you. and the way in which your upbringing shaped how you approach antiracist education . >> sure. i'll talk about the aspects of my life and upbringingthat i think is so relevant to the work i do today . two pieces and one i'm not sure i write about in the book and that is my mother died when i was 11

during our weekly author interview program, after words, princeton university professor spoke with robin d'angelobout her new book nice racism. >> unfortunately i have not seen the energy we saw last summer is being sustained. running down to protest on some level is exciting and exhilarating. the daily work of putting racism on the table, looking at your policies and practices in the workplace, challenging one another is the hard stuff. and in case i don't say it earlier, later,. [laughter] it takes courage. it takes a commitment it also takes courage. niceness is not courageous. so my point around that is so many white people see the presence of niceness with the absence of racism. a culture of niceness is one that prevents us having difficult conversations about racism and. >> to watch the rest of this program go to booktv.org click on the after words tab to find this and all previous episodes. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and it now on book tvs after words program, neuroscientist lisa

>> now, on book tvs afterward program, robin d'angelo looks at how well-intentioned white people can inadvertently called racial harm through a culture of niceness but she's interviewed author and princeton university professor of african-american studies. after words the weekly interview program with the relevant guest house and drink top nonfiction authors about their latest work. >> i am so delighted to have this opportunity to sit down and talkn with you. if i may call you robin it's so exciting. >> guest: thank you so much than honor. >> it seems like a basic question. it is a moment in the book were you were actually dealing with the kind of tension between class and race. and you told your story. i thought it really important to begin with your journey to this work. talk a little bit about you and the way in which your upbringing shapes how you approach antiracist education. >> sure, i'll talk about the aspect of my life and upbringing that is so relevant to the work i do today. at two pieces, when i'm not sure right about in the book. that is my mother died when i was 11 year

sometimes i'll go to youtube and the five reasons why robin d'angelo is wrong top, she says all white people are racist, can you believe that? i want to ask every white people person to do take a moment and define for yourself what's the criteria by which you would grantom this? what is the criteria parks many white people have thought deeply aboutt back. if you are astounded that i say all white people are racist tell me what you p think it takes and it's probably going to come down to somee version of individual conscious meanness across race that framework, that paradigm can be more effective at protecting racism because it exempts virtually all white people, it guarantees defensiveness that nice people possibly could not participate and we end up with racism without racist so let me be clear, when i say all white people are racist, what ice mean is we live in a society infused, racist ideology circulating all the time, the vast majority of white people live segregated lives not only feel no loss about that which for me, the deepest of all, cradle to grave as most people will know

. >> now on book tvs "after words" program robin d'angelo looks at how well-intentioned white peoplend inadvertently cause racial harm through what she calls a culture of niceness. she's interviewed by eddie grant, author and princeton university professor of african american studies . "after words" is a weekly interview program with relevant guest posts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. >> i'm so delighted to have this opportunity to sit down and talk with you robin d'angelo if i may call you robin. >> thank you so much, it's an honor. >> i want to begin with what seems like a basic question. it's the moment in the book where you were actually dealing with the kind of

. >> robin d'angelo looks at how well-intentioned white people can inadvertently cause racial harm through what she calls a culture of niceness. she's interviewed by eddie grob, author and princeton university professor of african-american studies. afterwards is a weekly interview program with relevant guests of interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. >> i'm so delighted to have this opportunity to sit down and talk with you robert d'angelo if i may call you robin . it's so exciting . >> it's an honor

. >> robin d'angelo looks at how well intentioned what people can inadvertently cause racial harm through what shecalls a culture of niceness .she's interviewed by arthur and princeton university professor of african-american studies. afterwards is a weekly interview program with relevant guests host interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work . >> i'm so delighted to have this opportunity to sit down and talk with you . if i maycall you robin . >> thank you so much, it's an honor. >> i want to begin with it seems like a basic question but it's a moment in the book where you are actually dealing with the kind of tension between class and race. and you told your story.

five reasons why robin d'angelo is wrong. and the top one will be she says all white people are racist,can you believe that . what i want to ask is much every white person to do is take a moment and define yourself what is the criteria by which you would grant that somebody's racist. what is the criteria? i don't think many white peoplehave thought deeply about that . if you're astounded that i would say all white people are racist, then tell me what you think it takes. and is probably going to come down to some version of individual conscious meanness across base and that's the framework. that paradigm just couldn't be more effective at protectingracism . because it one exempts virtually all white people . guarantees distance. guarantees that then nice people couldn't possibly participate and weend up with racism without racist . and so let me just be clear since i said it. when i say all white people are racist what i mean is that we live in a society in which it confuses racist ideology ideology is circling all thetime . t

after, robin d'angelo discusses her book.'s interviewed by the author and professor of african-american did you doeys at princeton university. watch american history and book tv every weekend on c-span2. find a full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. >>> sunday on q and a, a conversation with karen tlumty on her book, the triumph of nancy reaganon the strength and tenacity of the former first lady who helped shape the reagan presidency. >> she had but one agenda, which was ron reagan's well-being and success. and she was also -- she had better instincts about people than he did and sort of a better nose for trouble than he did. so the people in the administration who understood all this, who recognized their power, people like secretary of state james schultz or james baker really understood that she was a very important, a crucial ally to have if you were trying to get ronald reagan on boards. >> karen's biography, the triumph of nancy reagan, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. you can also fi

robin d'angelo discusses her book, racism, how progressive white people perpetuate racial harm. she's interviewed by the author and professor of african-american studies at princeton university. watch american history and book tv every weekend on c-span two, and find a full schedule in your program guide or visit c-span.org. >> earlier today, house foreign affairs committee ranking member michael mccaul, representative andy kim and other members discussed evacuation efforts in afghanistan. from capitol hill, this press conference is 35 minutes. >> hey, thanks for coming. we've got some hollywood stars here. good morning or afternoon. i will get to the point. the situations on the ground in afghanistan are very dire. the reporting i'm getting on the ground are that our american citizens are trying to get out, our afghan partners and interpreters who served with our special forces put their life on the line. we have a moral obligation to save them. i'm concerned about this august 31 deadline if we can possibly get them out. and if we can't get them out, then what? what will happen

in defense of the general, none of this was in any of robin d'angelo's books on how to be an antiracistlike joe thinks we should of gotten out a long time ago. >> it's on flick you should've gotten out a long time ago. >> we should have. >> and accept the idea it was going to be messing a matter what. >> what would be messy? >> getting out would be messy no matter when it occurred. >> greg: it may be he has right. but he could have tried to make it a little less messy. joe says we anticipated all of that. but i wonder if the people clinging from the side of the plane were made aware of that. he sounds like pee-wee herman after flying over his handlebars declaring "i meant to do that." i guess the only safe and orderly exit the president could muster was the one directly after his first press conference to flee to camp david. the real shocker is that in afghanistan it took 20 years to maintain and it fell faster than biden in a strong wind. its "gutfeld!" foreign policy 101. the first thing you need to figure out is how to get the hell out of it. the getaway car is priority number one. f

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robin d'angelo discusses her book, racism, how progressive white people perpetuate racial harm. she's interviewed by the author and professor of african-american studies at princeton university. watch american history and book tv every weekend on c-span two, and find a full schedule in your program guide or visit c-span.org. >> earlier today, house foreign affairs committee ranking member michael mccaul, representative andy kim and other members discussed evacuation efforts in afghanistan. from capitol hill, this press conference is 35 minutes.

> during our weekly author interview from "afterwards", university professor eddie spoke with robin d'angelobout her new book nice raisin. >> unfortunately i haven't seen the energy we saw last summer being sustained. running onto your protest on some level is exciting and exhilarating but the daily work of putting racism on the table, looking up policies and practices in the workplace, that's the hard stuff and in case i don't say it later, it takes courage. it takes commitment and also courage and niceness is not courageous. so so many white people see the presence of niceness is an indicator of the absence of racism. a culture of niceness is one that prevents difficult conversations about racism. >> to watch the rest visit booktv.org. click on the

robin d'angelo is interviewed by the author and professor of african-american studies at princeton university. watch american history and book tv every weekend on c-span2. and find a full schedule on your program guide, or visit c-span.org. >>> next on american history tv, california state university professor andrew stoner talks about his biography of author and journalist randy schilt's, who covered the hiv will be aids epidemic for the san francisco chronicle. he died of aids in 1984. the professor skrid his work to bring coverage to mainstream media. andy rooeds books hosted this event. >> welcome to andy rooeds books. we are a bookstore. our mission is to promote literacy and english language proficiency of adults in indiana. we sell use asked new books for all ages, and we host multiple events a week. we are largely colonel volunteer run.

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