CHAPTER 7
Move beyond Lip Service(Sharing Power Is Harder—andEasier—Than You Think)
We won’t make progress until historically dominant populations come to grips with their willful blindnesstoward institutional oppression.
♦ How do we harness the collective knowledge, influence, and, yes, privilege of society’s existing structures to empower those in the minority?
♦ How can we support leaders who are willing to share their power to allow others to succeed?
♦ How do we recognize that for some members of the majority, replacing their colleagues with women, people of color, and other underrepresented groups makes them uncomfortable?
Many of us ...
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