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798: How to Have Difficult Conversations about Race with Kwame Christian

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

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Is Semantics Creating Unnecessary Barriers?

Two stories in which groups were trying to have some conversations about race, and i'm pretty sure they failed to meet their desired goals. Fear can masquerade in different forms, and oftentimes it will take the form that is most persuasive to you. And so what this person is probably doing is saying, wow, i'm seeing the risks. This scary. I am going to back out. Backing out does nothing but protect her from her own emotional discomfort. So let's approach it from two different perspectives. We might say, hey, i notice you stopped coming to the meetings,. What what happened? Well, i i didn't feel comfortable coming to the Meetings. Ok, now

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