In conversation with cultural historian Lori Rotskoff, Professor Jessie Daniels discusses her most recent book, Nice White Ladies: The Truth about White Supremacy, Our Role in It, and How We Can Help Dismantle It (2021). Daniels focuses on the distinctive role that well-meaning white women play in perpetuating racism, how their everyday decisions harm communities of color, and, most importantly, how, going forward, they can avoid unintended complicity in the racial divide and work toward equality. Topics for discussion include the segregating impact of choices made about where to send kids to school, the brand of feminism that pushes women of color aside, and the wellness industry that insulates white women in a bubble of their own privilege. Daniels charts a better path for the future, looking to the white women who fight neo-Nazis online and in the streets and who challenge all-white spaces from workplaces to schools to neighborhoods.
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