zhiviNov 30, 2022

Its been one of those days. How are u doing? I wanted to share something I read today. What do you think? Which will you try to incorporate? Check the post for suggestions.

How to Talk About Diversity & Inclusion With People Who Disagree

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Jennifer MechemNov 30, 2022
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How to Talk About Diversity & Inclusion With People Who Disagree

Ask them to define terms and help you to understand. Communication often fails when participants don’t agree to the definitions of certain terms and end up talking past one another. If you can agree on certain terms at the start of the conversation, you’ve already accomplished common ground and the communication may be more respectful and effective.

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Nov 30, 2022 at 11:22pmWeb
Show threadNom_de_plumeDec 1, 2022
@zhivi good advice 👍
Show threadzhiviDec 2, 2022
@nom_de_plume thanks.
Show threadLizzie Speaks Too SoonDec 1, 2022
@zhivi I just started reading Ibram X. Kendi's book, "How to be an Anti-Racist." I can tell you, most of the people in my life are not at all prepared to accept the true definition of racist, assimilationist, or segregationist. I talk about race a lot with other white people and I see little glimmers of learning and hope and I think I'm making a difference. I want this world to be better.
Show threadzhiviDec 2, 2022
@LizzieSpeaks thank you for doing your part.
Show threadLizzie Speaks Too SoonDec 2, 2022
@zhivi You're very welcome. Thanks for helping me :)
Show threadTim GatewoodDec 1, 2022

@zhivi This is Really Old School. As in, Socrates and Plato. "Give me a fixed point & a long enough pole and I can move the world." The fixed point is common ground. The pole is the logical argument that includes honest rhetoric. If you don't have common ground, you can't have a rational discussion of anything.

This is why giving time to fascists is a bad idea, as they start in their own world. They have to crash against reality to be ready for logic.

Show threadzhiviDec 1, 2022
@timgatewood thanks for sharing.
Show threadtoolbear#🪧Dec 2, 2022
@zhivi
This also helps reveal bad-faith participants. Distinguishing them from the well-intenioned but ill-informed is a challenge, especially in my tech industry & tech bros actively making a game of closet fascism.
I realized a former coworker was feeding me subtle neo-fascist rhetoric, including portraying democracy as a failed, claiming U.S. D's are equally bad as R's, etc.. As I drilled in on a common understanding it became increasingly likely that my suspicions were valid.
Show threadzhiviDec 2, 2022
@toolbear glad you realized this. We have to be aware of the pretenders. As the song says, smiling faces lie sometimes and they don't tell the truth.