The Key to Diversity Is Not Ignoring Differences, but Celebrating Differences

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In this episode you’ll hear about: the need for diversity and inclusion in campus organizations, what it means to do The Work, and a discussion of the book The Token.

Our guest is: Crystal Byrd Farmer, an engineer turned educator. She is the author of The Token: Common Sense Ideas for Increasing Diversity in Your Organization.

Your host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women, gender, and sexuality. She reinterprets the historical narrative in both traditional and creative forms.

Listeners to this episode might be interested in:

• The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
• Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad
• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Tatum
• College Presidents and the Struggle for Black Liberation by Eddie Cole.
• Seeing White podcast series from Scene on Radio 
• AWARE-LA. White Anti-Racist Culture Building Toolkit
• Dismantling Racism Workbook

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