Nov 19, 2020
Why and when do we have to talk about race? Why might we want to? Why is it so hard?
Listen in on a conversation between two friends, Justin who is black and Linda who is white, about why it is so hard to talk about race and how to do it anyway.
Resources:
7 Mini-Episode Everyday Diversity Series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9h5x9BCeJ0mBvbN-eOXCvJWIVbu2nf_G
Free Implicit Bias Test:
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
Books to consider:
So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Olua:
https://www.amazon.com/You-Want-Talk-About-Race/dp/1580058825/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=can+we+talk+about+race&qid=1599683600&sr=8-3
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell:
https://www.amazon.com/Talking-Strangers-Should-about-People/dp/0316478520/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1599683765&sr=8-1
COMING MARCH 2021
The Inclusive Mindset: How to Cultivate Diversity in Your
Everyday Life by Justin Jones-Fosu
About Justin Jones-Fosu:
Justin Jones-Fosu, MBA, CSP is a full-time family man who also happens to be a highly sought-after business speaker, social entrepreneur, and meaningful work researcher. He is the founder and CEO of Work. Meaningful. Where he combines over a decade of leadership in Fortune 500 companies, his real-life experience, and research to help global organizations create new rhythms of sustainable excellence, profitability, and engagement. Speaking over 60 times a year, Justin speaks and leads workshops and training with companies, organizations, and associations in the US and internationally on meaningful work and workplace engagement.
He is passionate about helping organizations and individuals take ownership of their mindset, purpose, and performance to achieve amazing results. His latest book "Your WHY Matters NOW: How Some Achieve More and Others Don't" challenges the reader to merge their purpose and productivity to get more out of work and life. He is all about turning events into memorable and action-oriented experiences with his humorous and engaging delivery as well as with his research-based content!
Find out more about Linda Keith at:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindakeith/