Race Together Towards Understanding Each Other’s Humanity

In this video blog, I discuss Starbuck's #RaceTogether initiative and provide three recommendations for approaches to try in engaging the topic of race via productive dialogue.  These are the books I mentioned in the video:

• Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation by Dr. Derald Wing Sue: http://amzn.to/1Ouaa5c
• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria: And Other Conversations About Race by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum: http://amzn.to/1GNQjbC
• Facilitating Intergroup Dialogues: Bridging Differences, Catalyzing Change by Dr. Kelly E. Maxwell,  Dr. Biren (Ratnesh) A. Nagda, & Dr. Monita C. Thompson: http://amzn.to/1InTZSN

Earlier this year, Dr. Derald Wing Sue participated in a lively conversation of microaggressions in postsecondary environments and ways to mitigate their occurrence on our campus and in society at Ryerson University in a session entitled "Best Practices and Strategies for Disrupting Microaggressions in Postsecondary Education and Society".  Dr. Sue is one of the foremost authorities and scholars in the areas of microaggressions, multicultural counselling and psychotherapy, psychology of racism and anti-racism, cultural diversity, cultural competence and multicultural organizational development.  He defines microaggressions as "the everyday verbal, non-verbal, and environmental slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or unintentional, which communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative messages to target persons based solely upon their marginalized group membership".   His latest book "Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race" is designed to help people learn to talk about race openly, honestly, and productively.  View the full event's discussion on the Ryerson University Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Desire2Learn Ryecast Capture Portal: http://bit.ly/1Bou6MY

I Want to Hear from You:

What were your thoughts on Starbuck's #RaceTogether initiative and their recent decision to discontinue it?.

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