25 min
White Privilege and Bias - The Conversation we all need to have - with Ruth Kudzi COACH - The Professional Coaching Podcast
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- Self-Improvement
White privilege - An emotive and powerful subject which is often misunderstood, ignored or denied by white people. Ignorance is no defence.
For generations this has been the case. What happened to George Floyd made us all face the unavoidable mirror of white privilege - but this is not a new thing.
So why does it take having to see the horrific murder of a black man in front of our eyes to have this impact on some? Now is the time to have the uncomfortable conversations, to really do the work to understand this born privilege and what it means and alos the actions we can take to be actively anti-racist.
The #blacklivesmatter movement can be misperceived and misunderstood by white people and this is the live example of the ignorance and the unconscious bias that exists in all of us. We need to confront this and dig deep to raise our awareness around this.
Ruth Kudzi is an ICF Accredited Coach , a former Deputy Head teacher and a white woman married to a black man with two young children of mixed heritage. She is not racist yet she is very aware that she is a white privileged woman, as am I, and as coaches, we are aware of unconscious bias within all of us.
Until we raise the awareness and until we speak and confront difficult and painful situations, we cannot change. This is what coaching is about, awareness and then change.
Ruth is passionate about this and so I invited her to have this conversation with me on the podcast, for us to be accountable - knowing we may possibly get it wrong, knowing that it's not going to be good enough but also knowing that we have a space and a voice to confront and admit this to ourselves too - and it's our duty to use this and to urge others to do the same in the name of healing, respect and a better way forward for everyone
The coaching space is a very white dominated space too and I, for one, want to see this change and actively champion diversity in COACH. The industry also has a lot of power to influence and so we now must step up and embrace this on a deep, personal level and then seek to actively change and raise awareness in our businesses, lives and in every space where we see opportunity for change.
Ruth Kudzi is a qualified ICF Coach, mentor and best-selling author. She holds an MA in Psychology and at PGCE in Business.
ruthkudzi.com
White privilege - An emotive and powerful subject which is often misunderstood, ignored or denied by white people. Ignorance is no defence.
For generations this has been the case. What happened to George Floyd made us all face the unavoidable mirror of white privilege - but this is not a new thing.
So why does it take having to see the horrific murder of a black man in front of our eyes to have this impact on some? Now is the time to have the uncomfortable conversations, to really do the work to understand this born privilege and what it means and alos the actions we can take to be actively anti-racist.
The #blacklivesmatter movement can be misperceived and misunderstood by white people and this is the live example of the ignorance and the unconscious bias that exists in all of us. We need to confront this and dig deep to raise our awareness around this.
Ruth Kudzi is an ICF Accredited Coach , a former Deputy Head teacher and a white woman married to a black man with two young children of mixed heritage. She is not racist yet she is very aware that she is a white privileged woman, as am I, and as coaches, we are aware of unconscious bias within all of us.
Until we raise the awareness and until we speak and confront difficult and painful situations, we cannot change. This is what coaching is about, awareness and then change.
Ruth is passionate about this and so I invited her to have this conversation with me on the podcast, for us to be accountable - knowing we may possibly get it wrong, knowing that it's not going to be good enough but also knowing that we have a space and a voice to confront and admit this to ourselves too - and it's our duty to use this and to urge others to do the same in the name of healing, respect and a better way forward for everyone
The coaching space is a very white dominated space too and I, for one, want to see this change and actively champion diversity in COACH. The industry also has a lot of power to influence and so we now must step up and embrace this on a deep, personal level and then seek to actively change and raise awareness in our businesses, lives and in every space where we see opportunity for change.
Ruth Kudzi is a qualified ICF Coach, mentor and best-selling author. She holds an MA in Psychology and at PGCE in Business.
ruthkudzi.com
25 min