MLK Episode: How to Have Difficult Conversations about Racism

Imagine this.I'm crying in a bathroom at work.I barely made it out of the room where an almost all white creative team had just made racist assumptions about Black art and Black people.Every time I think I can pull it together, I start crying again.I'm trying to be silent but the sobs won't stop.Finally, my Chinese American friend, Grace, comes in and refuses to leave without me.We are going to walk through those doors together.Grace and I do it.We spend hours talking.Eventually, I leave the company.I was twenty-two years old.Has this ever happened to you?Have you ever been flooded by feelings and embarrassed or ashamed?Have you ever wished that you could hold on to your words and your temper?Over the three decades since that experience, I've developed a 5-step process that has transformed my conversations.I share the 5 Steps during the episode.If you’d like to delve deeper, check out my digital course Transform your Conversations about Racism. To continue the work of Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement, we need to be able to to have authentic heart centered conversations with people of good will.Support the showMother tree Network Podcast--Where  Earth Wisdom Meets Racial Justice and Women's Leadership. Want to become your unlimited self and evolve the planet?Go here to get the Mother Tree podcast + Show Notes sent to your inboxhttps://www.dramandakemp.com/podcast