Our new series, “Radically Candid Conversations,” features experts and guests who will help us learn, reflect, and put our insights into action. Our first discussion with Kim Scott and Dr. A. Breeze Harper, Ph.D., a diversity and inclusion strategist, antiracism scholar and facilitator, explores how to practice Radical Candor when addressing systemic racism; the historical origins and research-based understanding of white, racialized consciousness; what it means to be antiracist and how to practice anti-racism, and how we can be antiracist leaders, parents and citizens.
Listen to the episode:
Watch Dr. Harper’s talk, “Uprooting White Fragility”
Recommended Anti-Racism Reading
“Racialized Consciousness, Symbolic Representionalism, and the Prophetic/Critical Voice of the Black Intellectual” by Arnold Farr
How To Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad
Combined Destinies: Whites Sharing Grief about Racism by Ann Todd Jealous and Caroline T. Haskell
“Dear White America,” by George Yancy, The New York Times
Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly about Racism in America by George Yancy
Scars: A Black Lesbian Experience in Rural White New England By Dr. A. Breeze Harper, Ph.D.
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism by Dr. Robin DiAngelo, Ph.D.
“I Received Some Important, Radically Candid, Criticism About My Own Implicit Racial Bias” by Kim Scott
Recommended Anti-Racism Resources
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CDS actively frames their curriculum with a focus on systems and history, showing how these factors impact organizations and individuals (unconsciously and consciously). They collaborate with clients by showing them how to engage in structural change through action + strategy for the long run vs. “cosmetic diversity.” CDS knows that one training or lecture is rarely enough to positively affect DEI goals. Learn more >>
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