‘White fragility’ author breaks her silence on being ‘played’ by podcaster Matt Walsh with embarrassing reparations stunt

White Fragility author Ron DiAngelo has broken her silence after falling for an embarrassing joke in Matt Walsh’s new anti-DEI film.

DiAngelo was seduced into making reparations to the right-wing podcaster’s black producer in a scene from Am I Racist? that appears to ridicule the white left’s emphasis on anti-racism activism.

The progressive author slammed Walsh in a long blog postShe called the film a “Borat-style mosque” and said she felt “something was wrong” when she encountered Walsh in an “ill-fitting wig.”

She said the project was intended to demean and discredit anti-racist educators and activists, and regretted her participation after being paid $15,000 for her time.

DiAngelo wrote: ‘In 2023, I was approached by a group claiming to be making a documentary called “Shades of Justice” about efforts to address racism in the United States….

She said the project was intended to demean and discredit anti-racist educators and activists, and regretted her participation after being paid $15,000 for her time.

They offered me between $10 [-20,000 for an interview. I said let’s meet in the middle with $15,000 and agreed to participate (I have since donated that sum to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund).’

She added: ‘After reviewing the sequence of events and discussing it with colleagues, I realized that they had lied about their agenda and I had been played.’

The author became a household name with her book White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

The author claimed everything seemed normal until ‘things got weird’ when Walsh told her that if she supported reparations for black Americans, then she should give his black producer cash on the spot.

During the scene, DiAngelo obliged, without irony, saying: ‘On behalf of myself and my fellow white people, I apologize.’

She seemed wary at first, calling a personal payout for slavery ‘really weird’ but eventually joined in.

DiAngelo said she could ‘get some cash for sure,’ before crossing the room and taking $30 from her designer purse and handing it to Ben.

‘The way Matt set this up felt intended to put Ben and I on the spot. Because Matt was pushing this on us, I expressed my discomfort and checked in with Ben, to be sure he was okay with receiving cash in this way. Ben reassured me that he was, so I went to my wallet and handed him my cash and the interview ended,’ DiAngelo wrote.

DiAngelo claimed she was left ‘unsettled’ by the scene and asked a producer that it not be used because ‘this scene was not an example of reparations and could mislead viewers.’

The progressive author slammed Walsh in a lengthy blog post , calling the movie a ‘Borat-style mockumentary’

For his new documentary, Walsh went undercover as a rookie DEI consultant with a herringbone jacket and a man bun

The author became a household name with her best-selling book White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism.

Walsh took to X to respond to DiAngelo’s statement, thanking her for her words. 

The pundit wrote: ‘Robin DiAngelo has issued a statement denouncing our film. She claims that the movie is “designed to humiliate and discredit anti-racist educators and activists.” 

‘She couldn’t be more correct in that assessment. Thank you, Robin!’

The film’s scene featuring DiAngelo lasts a nine toe-curling minutes as Walsh escorts DiAngelo through a series of increasingly preposterous scenarios in the name of vanquishing racism.

Through a role-play, DiAngelo is made to grovel for the sin of ‘over-smiling’ at a minority co-worker in an office corridor. 

Am I Racist is produced by The Daily Wire and will be released in theaters Friday, September 13.

The film pours scorn on the massive diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) industry that ballooned after the police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, in Minneapolis in 2020.