robin diangelo >> jimmy: dr. robin diangelo, thank you so much for doing the "tonight show.eryone wants to talk to you right now. so, this means a lot to me thank you, thank you, thank you. >> and thank you so much for having me. >> jimmy: your book, "white fragility: why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism," this came out in 2018 >> yes >> jimmy: and it's been on the best-seller list ever since then >> it has, yes >> jimmy: and right now it is number one on all the lists i looked at. and it's also, from what i read, it's sold out everywhere as well. >> an unfortunate time for it to be sold out, but yes. >> jimmy: well, here's what i did, i got it on kindle. >> ah, okay. >> jimmy: i don't know if you saw this, it went viral online a flight attendant was greeting people on her plane, and some gentleman came on and he was reading your book, it opened up a whole conversation >> yeah. i'm glad you brought that up because it actually illustrates several really important points about this i mean, on the one hand, the story was special because a black woman and a whi

robin diangelo has never met people like that, no doubt she would hate them if she did. ngelo's book is effectively addressed to entitled urban professionals as silly and frivolous and self-loathing as she is. in diangelo's world, economics play no role in anything. they don't matter. everyone she knows has a high status job and a secure job. w they're not worried about unemployment. they don't care about income inequality. there on the right side of it. these heart problems for them. remember diangelo herself gets paid $6,000 in our to talk. she's not concerned about paying the rent. and in fact, diangelo explains at one point, worrying about economic injustice is just another symptom of, brace yourself here, racism, probe, white fragility. edit? maybe are starting to understand what corporate america absolutely loves this book. why? because robin diangelo absolves them of their crimes. apple and health insurers and at credit card companies get off scot-free because the real problem, robin diangelo tells them, is white racism, and what a relief that is for them toci lear