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HOW TO HAVE COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS We have reached a clear People who are skilled at dialogue do their best to inflection point in our country’s make it safe for everyone to add their meaning to history of racism. The video-recorded murder of the shared pool - even ideas that at first glance George Floyd catalyzed a appear controversial, wrong, or at odds with their movement that demands a social justice reckoning the likes of own beliefs. Now, obviously they don't agree with which we have not seen before. ‘‘every idea; they simply do their best to ensure that Humans of all stripes are taking all ideas find their way into the open. to the streets, speaking out on social media, and pushing the Kerry Patterson / Crucial Conversations status quo to the breaking point. Your student-athletes are going to want to talk about it! HOW TO CREATE SPACE Conversations about racial justice and equity are difficult • LEADING with vulnerability and being willing to share but they are also critical, and your experience they can be transformative. We must create respectful space • LISTEN and encourage the group to listen to one another as well and opportunity for our young people to talk with us and with • ALLOW people time and space to share their each other. We must examine thoughts without interruption our own biases and do our own • ASK follow-up questions for clarity if necessary work before we can openly listen to our student-athletes, • SHARE what is valuable about someone’s question especially when they say things or comment we may not understand or • ACKNOWLEDGE that it is okay not to have all agree with. the answers • INVITE people into the conversation who have RESOURCES not spoken • BRAINSTORM ways to participate as part of the solution READ... “Crucial Conversations: Tools • THANK the group for participating For Talking When Stakes Are High,” Kerry Patterson START THE CONVERSATION LISTEN... 11 Vox podcast episodes give • How are you feeling about everything that’s more context to protests going on in our culture right now? happening across America https://www.vox.com/2020/6/1 • Where are you struggling? 8/21294263/anti-racism-police- • What do you think I need to know? violence-protests-vox-podcasts https://sportandsocialjustice.org HOW TO TALK ABOUT... ALLYSHIP If we are going to create true Ally is not a noun. Where allyship is equity and justice, we must concerned, like with baseball, you’re encourage and challenge folks who are not oppressed to stand only as good as your current stats. with their peers. Engaging in the Kent Alexander / Anti-racism Educator struggle as an ally does not mean that you fully understand what it feels like to be ‘‘ oppressed, but that you are HOW TO BE A BETTER ALLY willing to carry the load with those who are. In particular, white allies can work with other • UNDERSTAND your privilege and use it for good white people to create much • EDUCATE yourself about different identities and needed change in areas people experiences of color may not have access to, • THINK about at least one thing you CAN do - Learn and i.e. eliminating prejudice and practice ally skills discrimination and fighting oppression. They can also • CHALLENGE your own discomfort and prejudices amplify the voices of their peers. • When helping a single person, STEP BACK and think about systemic changes as well It is important to understand • PAY ATTENTION to your motivations. Focus on what performative allyship and how will authentically support others in need that can be counterproductive to being an effective ally for marginalized groups and people. START THE CONVERSATION Finally, understand that being an ally is a journey, and we all make mistakes. Don’t let that hold you • What does being an ally mean to you? back from taking action. • Why do you think allyship is important? RESOURCES Today, as we sat in silence for 9 minutes...I watched this black READ... man lift his fist high into the air. About halfway through I “So You Want to Talk About watched his arm grow weak and his elbow start to drop. This Race,” Ijeoma Oluo white man must have noticed it too because he “Better Allies,” Karen Catlin moved beside him and lifted up his arm LISTEN... to support this black man’s elbow “That’s Not How That Works” so he could continue to hold it high https://www.nothowthatworks. for the remainder of the 9 minutes. com/?r_done=1 This is allyship. This is love. ~ Kayla Bruegger, Denver https://sportandsocialjustice.org HOW TO TALK ABOUT... EQUITY Equity is defined as fairness or justice in the way people are Equity is the only acceptable goal. treated (Merriam-Webster). Most social justice movements Paul Farmer / Medical Anthropologist and Physician are aimed at the pursuit of equity. Despite that reality, there is often confusion about the difference between equity and equality that ‘START‘ THE CONVERSATION impacts the movement. Equity is giving everyone what • How do you see inequality play out in your life? they need to be successful. • How would you explain the difference between equity Equality is treating everyone the and equality? same. Equality seeks to increase • What do you think needs to be done to create a more fairness, but it is only effective if equitable society? Team? everyone needs the same thing. Equity seems unfair because some people may get more than WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? others in an effort to create balanced opportunity. A common example of the equity vs. equality dichotomy is that equality is giving everyone a pair of shoes while equity is giving everyone a pair of shoes that fits. RESOURCES READ... “12 Resources to Help You Understand and Promote Racial Equity” https://www.idealist.org/en/ careers/reading-list-promote- racial-equity WATCH... “Equity and Equality” https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=nCS7Rus4_-Y https://sportandsocialjustice.org HOW TO TALK ABOUT... INTERSECTIONALITY Intersectionality is the If we aren’t intersectional, some of us, the most interconnected nature of social vulnerable, are going to fall through the cracks. categorizations such as race, Kimberle Williams Crenshaw / Lawyer and Leading class, and gender, regarded as Scholar of Critical Race Theory creating overlapping and interdependent systems of ‘‘ discrimination or disadvantage; a TERMS YOU SHOULD KNOW theoretical approach based on such a premise. (Oxford CRITICAL RACE THEORY: Provides critical analysis of Dictionary) race and racism from a legal point of view. https://spacrs.wordpress.com/what-is-critical-race-theory/ Put simply, intersectionality is the recognition that most people START THE CONVERSATION have multiple identities that affect their life experience. Too often conversations center one • What are some important aspects of your identity? aspect of a person’s identity • Are there any identities you hold that people may not while pushing others to the immediately recognize? background, i.e. talking about • How can you utilize the theory of intersectionality in your race but not gender. This life? Suggestions: recognize difference, avoid oversimplified language, analyze the space you occupy, seek other points of oversight often causes harm and view, show up contributes to oppressive attitudes or experiences. WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? RESOURCES Race LISTEN... “Intersectionality Matters!” https://aapf.org/podcast Nationality Disability WATCH... “The Urgency of Intersectionality” https://www.ted.com/talks/kimb erle_crenshaw_the_urgency_ of_intersectionality Gender Sexual “Intersectionality 101” Orientation Identity https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=w6dnj2IyYjE https://sportandsocialjustice.org HOW TO TALK ABOUT... RACISM “Our collective house is burning The beauty of anti-racism is that you don't down, and we’re tip-toeing around have to pretend to be free of racism to be an afraid to say “Fire.” This is how Dr. anti-racist. Anti-racism is the commitment to Allan Johnson describes our collective reluctance to use clear language when fight racism wherever you find it, including in dealing with a range of social justice yourself. And it's the only way forward. issues. Racism is one of those ‘‘ concepts, and we must actively seek Ijeoma Oluo / Writer to understand it if we are going to address it. Racism is a powerful TERMS YOU SHOULD KNOW system of social and institutional power that creates false hierarchies of human value based on ethnicity and ANTI-RACISM: Conscious action to address racism skin color. It is a marriage of racist in all its forms. polices and racist ideas that produces and normalizes racial inequities. MICROAGGRESSION: Statement or action that Racism’s logic extends beyond race to conveys hostile, derogatory or negative racial how we treat people of different sexes, messages or assumptions about a group of people, gender indentities, and body types. particularly marginalized groups; may or may not be Racism intersects with class, culture, intentional. and geography, and even changes the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho_WW7M5E3A way we see and value ourselves. Increasingly, conversations are START THE CONVERSATION challenging participants to think about what it means to be actively anti-racist. • Is just not being a racist enough? If we are going to address our cultural issues in any impactful way, we must • What does being colorblind mean to you? all be consciously working toward a • What are some ways you can practice anti-racist society where all members are safe, behavior? valued and treated equally. RESOURCES READ... “How To Be an Antiracist,” Ibram X. Kendi “So You Want to Talk About Race,” Ijeoma Oluo “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria,” Beverly Daniel Tatum LISTEN... 15 Informative podcasts to learn about race relations in America https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/g32816869/podcasts-about-race/ WATCH..