Discussing Racism in the Workplace: Using Positive and Persistent Pressure to Enable Honest Dialogue

The first of US2’s core principles is, “Guilt and politeness are the glue that holds prejudice and stigma in place.” This article discusses the power of clear, compassionate dialogue, and its’ impact on employees and leadership, alike. It also gives a multi-step approach to maintaining the open and honest dialogue through positive and persistent pressure of one’s peers. If you are not a Forbes subscriber, this article is well worth using one of your free Forbes articles for the month!

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Journal Prompts

  • The Forbes article illustrates how setting up phases for exploring discussions of racism helps create honest dialogue. How can setting up the dialogue to happen in phases specifically help in conversations that need to happen in your organization? In what ways can you set up this dialogue?
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