black fragility

Etymology
Coined in response to the concept of.

Noun

 * 1) An alleged tendency on the part of black people to ascribe racism to a wide range of possibly benign acts and words.
 * 2) * 2021, Jimi Calhoun, Funknology: A Synthesis of Art, Science, and Being (page 12)
 * Black fragility is the quality of being easily damaged or broken—due to a long history of external social pressures. The type of fragility just mentioned is not referring to any inherent weakness in the make-up of Black people because our history tells a very different story.
 * 1) * 2022, Rosalie Pedalino Porter, America Challenged: The New Politics of Race, Education, and Culture (page 72)
 * Black Fragility Infantilizes Blacks | There is an assumption of Black fragility in the anti-racism arguments. Blacks are treated as so weak that they cannot be disagreed with, criticized, or asked anything, lest they be irreparably harmed.
 * Black Fragility Infantilizes Blacks | There is an assumption of Black fragility in the anti-racism arguments. Blacks are treated as so weak that they cannot be disagreed with, criticized, or asked anything, lest they be irreparably harmed.