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Get Yourself Ready for Bold, Inclusive Conversations
When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.
RALPH ELLISON
Chapter 1 focuses on the compelling reasons for learning how to engage in Bold, Inclusive Conversations. This chapter will outline how to get ready for these conversations. As highlighted in the Introduction, this is hard work. And the hard work begins with you. The first step is self-understanding, and the next step, which we talk about in Chapter 3, is understanding those who are different from us.
A key reason for not being able to effectively dialogue about polarizing topics is our lack of cultural self-awareness. Bold, Inclusive Conversations about race, religion, politics, and other polarizing subjects require different ...
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