“White Fragility” writer Robin DiAngelo was duped into dipping into his own pocket to pay compensation to a black producer on podcaster Matt Walsh’s upcoming documentary “Am I Racist?”
The 38-year-old Walsh, undercover, intimidates DiAngelo into asking a producer named Ben for cash to make up for his past sins by taking his own money.
Walsh, who had conducted an interview with DiAngelo for a documentary project while espousing anti-racist sentiment and posing as an activist, called Ben after he had finished most of his questions.
“This is Ben, the producer of the film. I thought this would be a powerful opportunity to speak directly to people of color and confront our racism and also, apologize for the system of white supremacy that oppresses Ben,” Walsh began.
DiAngelo, 68, followed up by saying, “On behalf of myself and my fellow whites, I’m sorry — not you, but us. As long as I’m standing, I’ll do my best to challenge.
Walsh then announced that he would pay Ben compensation if he would accept it, prompting the producer to say, “I mean I’m not going to say no.” Walsh then handed Ben some bills from his wallet.
“It doesn’t make up for 400 years of oppression, but it’s all I have to offer,” Walsh said.
Taking the new money lining his wallet, Ben – full of guile – explains that he doesn’t “know if it’s enough” but praises Walsh for “putting in the work” and admits to “the little progress I think we’ve made.” made today.”
DiAngelo looked introspective and confused as the incident unfolded.
“That’s really weird,” a confused and barely able to speak DiAngelo before formulating his response after Walsh asked, “Do you want to pay what-?”
“I think reparations are like a dynamic and systemic approach,” he added. “I mean, I think there’s probably going to be some people who are going to be offended (by that).”
Ben explained that he would not “turn down the money”. A solemn-looking Walsh then emphasized the need to “make yourself uncomfortable.” He emphasized, “This is what I can do now” and asked, “Why didn’t I do it?”
“I can get some cash for sure,” he relented after struggling to beat back Walsh and Ben’s logic. “I don’t mind if it makes you comfortable.”
After getting Ben’s blessing, DiAngelo walked over to his pocketbook, pulled out about $30, and said, “That’s all the money I want.”
“Thank you,” Ben replied with a smile.
When DiAngelo sat down with Walsh earlier in the documentary, he asked for a quick update on who he was, stating that he “had to be careful.”
DiAngelo’s book “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism” hit the shelves in 2018 and helped him become famous as an anti-bias training expert.
The New York Times best-selling tome features some controversial assessments of racism. He claims that “White people raised in Western society are conditioned to view white supremacy because it is the bedrock of society and institutions.”
At another point, he writes in the book, “People of color can also sustain prejudice and discrimination against whites, but they do not have the social and institutional forces that transform prejudice and discrimination into racism; the impact of prejudice against whites is temporary and contextual.
Ironically, in 2021, DiAngelo paid $12,750 to speak at the University of Wisconsin’s diversity forum, more than the $7,500 paid to the main black woman speaker, Austin Channing Brown.
Most recently, DiAngelo has faced accusations of plagiarizing a passage from a minority scholar in her doctoral thesis, according to a complaint obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
The Post reached out to DiAngelo for comment.
Walsh’s documentary is set to hit the silver screen on September 13 and marks the Daily Wire’s first flick hitting theaters. The film is meant to be a deconstruction of the anti-racism movement similar to the 2022 documentary, “What Are Women?” examining gender ideology in a critical lens.
He hides and pretends to search his soul to investigate the movement. Wash’s documentary also featured him crashing the high-profile Race2Dinner, where he invited liberal white women at the table to raise their glasses and toast to “being racist.”
