Robin DiAngelo

American author and diversity trainer — author of White Fragility — who created the 'white fragility' concept and whose work became central to corporate DEI training in the 2020s.

Creates the 'white fragility' framework — DiAngelo's argument (that white people's defensiveness when challenged on racism is itself a form of racism that maintains racial hierarchies) is the most widely deployed concept in corporate diversity training; the framework's unfalsifiability (any defense against the charge proves the charge) made it both powerful and controversial.