TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring White Fragility
AU - Hill, Terrence
AU - Mannheimer, Andrew
AU - Roos, J. Micah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the Southwestern Social Science Association
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - Objective: We propose and develop novel survey questions and quantitative summary indices of White fragility. Methods: The data come from the 2018 Survey of White Fragility, a longitudinal convenience sample of 279 non-Hispanic white undergraduate students aged 18 and over taking courses at two large public universities in the southeastern and southwestern United States. Results: Factor analyses revealed two latent factors. The first factor—Remorse Fragility—was defined by feeling sad, guilty, and, to a lesser extent, angry in the context of discussions related to racism, race-based discrimination, and white privilege. The second factor—Depletion Fragility—was defined by feeling drained, exhausted, unsafe, and, to a lesser extent, attacked and confused in the same contexts. Additional analyses supported the reliability and validity of our indices. Conclusion: More research is needed to establish measures of White Fragility to inform interventions that support critical discussions of whiteness and the racist structures of society.
AB - Objective: We propose and develop novel survey questions and quantitative summary indices of White fragility. Methods: The data come from the 2018 Survey of White Fragility, a longitudinal convenience sample of 279 non-Hispanic white undergraduate students aged 18 and over taking courses at two large public universities in the southeastern and southwestern United States. Results: Factor analyses revealed two latent factors. The first factor—Remorse Fragility—was defined by feeling sad, guilty, and, to a lesser extent, angry in the context of discussions related to racism, race-based discrimination, and white privilege. The second factor—Depletion Fragility—was defined by feeling drained, exhausted, unsafe, and, to a lesser extent, attacked and confused in the same contexts. Additional analyses supported the reliability and validity of our indices. Conclusion: More research is needed to establish measures of White Fragility to inform interventions that support critical discussions of whiteness and the racist structures of society.
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U2 - 10.1111/ssqu.12985
DO - 10.1111/ssqu.12985
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85116344039
SN - 0038-4941
VL - 102
SP - 1812
EP - 1829
JO - Social Science Quarterly
JF - Social Science Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -