34 min
Am I Racist? Exploring our Relationship with Racism Ahead of Tomorrow
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- Education
There is finally a heightened discussion on racism, equity, and diversity happening in the workplace today. However, with many now living at work in our virtual environment, we can no longer separate our personal and professional lives. To explore who we are at work means we need to explore who we are at home.
Reflecting on our behaviors in our personal life will help us identify ways we may have unconscious bias, micro-aggressions, or subconscious behaviors that may be racist.
Talethea Best, Founder & CEO of Best Innovations Consulting LLC and diversity, equity, and inclusion leader, and I will explore:
5 questions to ask yourself to help you identify your relationship with racism
The importance of understanding yourself within a framework of others
What it meant for Talethea to learn she was Black
Ways to acknowledge your privilege
How to be an Ally
We cannot change the system of racism if we do not first take a step back and reflect on ourselves, and our behaviors to recognize the role that we play within the system. Only then can we begin to make the necessary changes.
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. " Desmond Tutu
There is finally a heightened discussion on racism, equity, and diversity happening in the workplace today. However, with many now living at work in our virtual environment, we can no longer separate our personal and professional lives. To explore who we are at work means we need to explore who we are at home.
Reflecting on our behaviors in our personal life will help us identify ways we may have unconscious bias, micro-aggressions, or subconscious behaviors that may be racist.
Talethea Best, Founder & CEO of Best Innovations Consulting LLC and diversity, equity, and inclusion leader, and I will explore:
5 questions to ask yourself to help you identify your relationship with racism
The importance of understanding yourself within a framework of others
What it meant for Talethea to learn she was Black
Ways to acknowledge your privilege
How to be an Ally
We cannot change the system of racism if we do not first take a step back and reflect on ourselves, and our behaviors to recognize the role that we play within the system. Only then can we begin to make the necessary changes.
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. " Desmond Tutu
34 min