The Token
New Society Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-86571-951-4 (ISBN)
Meet the new Black friend you never had
As a Black organizer, community, business, and organization leaders often ask: "How do I get diversity in my group?" The thing is, the work is real, but it's a minefield out there. And even progressive leaders can still, perhaps unknowingly, be racist and uphold oppressive systems.
In The Token, your new token Black friend, Crystal Byrd Farmer, acts as the bridge between majority white organizations that are dedicated to social justice and "diverse" people in community they want to recruit, across identities of race, LGBTQ, education, socioeconomic status, and disability.
With a blunt style that pulls no punches, Crystal tells you how it is, calling you out on tokenism, while extending a hand to help your organization make real transformative change toward diversity and inclusion. Coverage includes:
What marginalized people experience and what they need to feel safe and comfortable in order to succeed
Doing "The Work" – how to have deep conversations with your membership about the reality of bias, privilege, and microaggressions
Practical exercises and discussion questions
How to choose appropriate meeting locations and establish ground rules, when to bring in outside help, and how to recruit support within your organization
Strategies on how to talk to friends who are resistant to progressive ideas.
This no-nonsense, provocative, humorous, and accessible guide is for all well-meaning people leading progressive organizations who acknowledge the need for diversity but don't know where to start.
AWARDS
SILVER | 2021 Living Now Book Awards | Social Activism / Charity
Crystal Byrd Farmer is an engineer turned educator. She has been an organizer and speaker as part of the cohousing and polyamorous communities. She is the website editor for Black & Poly, an organization promoting healthy polyamorous relationships for people of color. She also serves on the Editorial Review Board of Communities Magazine published by the Global Ecovillage Network-United States and is passionate about encouraging people to change their perspectives on diversity, relationships, and the world. Crystal lives in Gastonia, North Carolina.
Preface
1. I'm Your New Black Friend
Preparing for Change
2. Team Members
Cocreators
Tokens
Cheerleaders
3. The Resistance
Why This? Why Now?
The Willfully Blind
My Time to Shine
Doing The Work
4. Diversity Training
5. Community Feedback
6. Identity: My Privilege Is Better Than Yours
My Identities
The Workbook: Identity and Privilege
7. Implicit Bias: Life as a Mega Stuf™ Oreo©
The Workbook: Implicit Bias
8. Microaggressions, or, It's Just a Compliment!
The Workbook: Microaggressions
9. Majority Culture: What's Yours Is Mine
The Workbook: Majority Culture
Discussion for Tokens With Leadership
Creating Culture Conscious Meetings
10. The Invitation
11. The Location
12. Introductions
13. Ground Rules
14. Conversation and Conflict
15. Saying Good-bye and Feedback
16. The Workbook: Making Community-Wide Change.
Limits to Inclusion — It's Not About You Until It Is
17. A Space for Us
18. How Not to Recruit Leaders
19. Keep On Keepin' On
Tools and Resources
Index
About the Author
About New Society Publishers
Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
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Verlagsort | Gabriola Island |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 159 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie |
Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation | |
ISBN-10 | 0-86571-951-9 / 0865719519 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-86571-951-4 / 9780865719514 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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