March 2022
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
5h 12m
English
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Chapter 5WHERE DO WE START?
“We're all White; where do we start?”
I hear this question all the time, especially after the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and the subsequent worldwide protests against racial injustice. Like many of my Black colleagues, I was flooded with requests, most well‐intentioned and respectful but still exhausting to receive and to respond. In the months after, the question still lingers, and using the Move to the Edge, Declare It Center framework can help you sort through a sequence of actions that work for your organization or team. Here's the brief summary, followed by the case studies in detail.
First, start with your Interior practices. A commitment to DEI starts with you. Congratulations for taking it on – and prepare to be uncomfortable. You are almost guaranteed to say or do the wrong thing, over and over. You'll probably learn some uncomfortable truths about your community, your company, or you. Keep. Going. Anyway. Use some of the interior practices of meditation and mindfulness to be still with your discomfort.
For example, one of my old friends, a successful, highly educated White man, said, “I shouldn't have had to learn about the burning of Tulsa's Black Wall Street from a Netflix sci‐fi show called The Watchman. I had no idea, and that's embarrassing.” Start reading, discover your blind spots, and inhabit spaces where you are not the ...
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