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Intentional Conversations with John Graham
We were thrilled to welcome John Graham to the Intentional Conversations vodcast and can't wait for you to listen to the encore presentation.
Key Takeaways:
We are often in a Dr. office version of DEI where we are writing the prescription, but not getting to the root cause of the issues that are compromising diversity, equity, and belonging.
I don’t use the term "white supremacy", but "white insecurity" based on centuries of scarcity. Insecurity plus fragility equals rage.
If you are a Black American descendant of enslaved people, you were brought here specifically to work. That relationship was defined by a colonial construct that still exists today. Our relationship to work is defined by how it was started, you must work twice, three times as hard to get results.
Who does it benefit for us to work twice as hard? Our twice as hard output we believe is an asset, but it shows a spotlight on someone else’s ineptitudes.
We believe the pathway to success is so narrow that we shy away from bringing others along the way with us.
Diversity requires a standard to be diverse from, equity requires somebody giving something up to level the playing field to be equitable and inclusion requires somebody to accept you.
How do we define success? What does good look like? This is widely centered around euroideology. It doesn’t mean flipping to the opposite, but it starts with where do you choose to live, who do you choose to interact with, what values are being exchanged at schools?
Not everybody is taught to be entrepreneurs, we’re taught to be employees, but the mindset shift is the way it starts.
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By Nika White ConsultingWe were thrilled to welcome John Graham to the Intentional Conversations vodcast and can't wait for you to listen to the encore presentation.
Key Takeaways:
We are often in a Dr. office version of DEI where we are writing the prescription, but not getting to the root cause of the issues that are compromising diversity, equity, and belonging.
I don’t use the term "white supremacy", but "white insecurity" based on centuries of scarcity. Insecurity plus fragility equals rage.
If you are a Black American descendant of enslaved people, you were brought here specifically to work. That relationship was defined by a colonial construct that still exists today. Our relationship to work is defined by how it was started, you must work twice, three times as hard to get results.
Who does it benefit for us to work twice as hard? Our twice as hard output we believe is an asset, but it shows a spotlight on someone else’s ineptitudes.
We believe the pathway to success is so narrow that we shy away from bringing others along the way with us.
Diversity requires a standard to be diverse from, equity requires somebody giving something up to level the playing field to be equitable and inclusion requires somebody to accept you.
How do we define success? What does good look like? This is widely centered around euroideology. It doesn’t mean flipping to the opposite, but it starts with where do you choose to live, who do you choose to interact with, what values are being exchanged at schools?
Not everybody is taught to be entrepreneurs, we’re taught to be employees, but the mindset shift is the way it starts.
CONNECT WITH JOHN:
CONNECT WITH NIKA WHITE CONSULTING:
YouTube