White fragility looks at how white people become defensive when racism is discussed

White fragility contextually has pre-dominantly manifested itself through power particularly political power, social power and economic power. The killing of George Floyd and the widespread protests that followed have brought into the open the systems of racism embedded in powerful American institutions such as law enforcement. Reimagining those institutions so they earn the trust of all Americans is the work of today but also of generations to come, an arduous and complicated effort to root out a serious problem in American society. Racism is a system that is infused and embedded across aspects of society, and white people need to grapple with how this system has shaped us, and understand that we collude with that system regardless of our intentions. There is guilt and a kind of moral trauma at the profound history of harm that our society has perpetrated toward people of color—African-Americans, in particular.