America has an integration problem. I know – this is not news. But we talk about diversity, equity,inclusion – but there are too many people who just don’t have a concept of what this means. And –those working in the DEI field are often judgmental and dismissive of people who don’t understand their own privilege…
There is a plethora of fabulous anti-racist resources available to us right now!! Sitting on my desk, as I write are: How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi What Does It Mean to Be White: Developing White Racial Literacy by Robin Di’Angelo What if I Say the Wrong Thing by Verna A. Myers…
The Intercultural Development Inventory or IDI (https://idiinventory.com/) generates profiles of an individual’s and a group’s capability for shifting cultural perspective and adapting behavior toward cultural differences and commonalities – that is, their intercultural competence orientation. Most of us recognize culture through art, architecture, literature, festivals, holidays or collective history. This is objective culture. Subjective culture…
“White people will have quite enough to do in learning how to accept and love themselves and each other, and when they have achieved this—which will not be tomorrow and may very well be never—the Negro problem will no longer exist, for it will no longer be needed.” – James Baldwin, Letter from a Region…