Critical race theorist Robin DiAngelo is the bestselling author of White Fragility. DiAngelo got her Ph.D from the University of Washington College of Education back in 2004 after submitting a dissertation titled “Whiteness in Racial Dialogue: A Discourse Analysis.” In fact, that dissertation contains her first use of the phrase “white fragility.” But last week a complaint was filed with UW offering 20 examples where DiAngelo appears to have plagiarized other academics.
In an “accountability” statement on her website, which makes repeated reference to her Ph.D., DiAngelo, 67, tells “fellow white people” that they should “always cite and give credit to the work of BIPOC people who have informed your thinking.”…
But the white diversity trainer has not always taken her own advice. According to a complaint filed last week with the University of Washington, where DiAngelo received…