Full Description
Drawing on decades of research and examples from their own practices, the authors provide best practices in race dialogue facilitation. Through concrete lesson plans and hands-on material, both experienced and novice facilitators can immediately use this inclusive and wide-ranging curriculum in a variety of classrooms, work spaces, and organizations with diverse participants.
Contents
Contents
Foreword Patricia Gurin ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
Scope and Content 2
Dialogue: A Tool for Creating a Participatory Democracy 3
Note 4
1. Why Is There a Need for Race Dialogues? A Brief Primer on Race in The United States 5
What Is Race? It's Complicated 6
Why Does Race Matter? Understanding Racism 9
Racial Inequality in Education 11
Conclusion 15
Notes 15
2. What Is Intergroup Dialogue? 17
Where Did Dialogue Come From? 20
What the Research Shows 20
Intergroup Dialogue Models 21
Our Research Findings 22
Conclusion 24
3. Setting Up an Inclusive Dialogue Space 25
Dialogue Nuts and Bolts 25
Preparing for Dialogue: Key Concepts and Activities 27
Conclusion 36
Note 37
4. Dialogue Facilitation: A Science and an Art 38
Facilitating a Dialogue vs. Teaching: A Freirean Model of Education 39
The Role of the Facilitator 40
Facilitation Training and Facilitator Models 40
What Good Facilitators Do 43
What Good Facilitators Do Not Do 51
Conclusion 52
5. The Power of Sharing Stories 54
The Importance of Storytelling 54
Vulnerability 54
Multiple Ways of Knowing 55
Expect and Name Emotion 55
Find Learning Edges 57
Connecting Personal Experiences with Structural Inequalities 57
Conclusion 61
6. Asking Good Questions and Responding to Participant Comments 62
Asking Better Questions 62
Responding to Participant Comments 67
Conclusion 71
7. Co-facilitation 73
Selecting Co-facilitators 74
Best Practices in Co-facilitation 76
Debrief Prompts for Facilitators 79
Conclusion 79
8. Encountering Conflict and Resistance 81
Why Is There Resistance? 82
Preparing for Pushback 86
The Art of the Apology 91
Conclusion 93
9. Responding to Conflict and Resistance 95
Immediate Response 95
Concrete Actions 101
When There Is Disruptive Behavior 102
Conclusion 104
10.Managing Resistance Among Different Stakeholders—Our Story: A Case Study 106
Program Development 106
Resistance 107
The Big Lesson Learned 112
11. Race Dialogues Curriculum 113
Dialogue Structure 114
How to Structure a Dialogue Session 114
Debriefing 117
Participant Journal 118
Grouping 118
Time Constraints 119
A Note for High School Educators 120
Lesson 1: Why Are We Talking About Race? 121
Lesson 2: How Do We Engage in Dialogues About Race? 124
Lesson 3:Developing Group Norms 131
Lesson 4:The History of Racism 136
Lesson 5: Understanding Social Identities 140
Lesson 6: Interpersonal Racism and Microaggressions 146
Lesson 7: Individual Racism: Implicit Bias and Cycle of Socialization 151
Lesson 8: Exploring Group Privilege and Oppression 156
Lesson 9: Institutional Racism 161
Lesson 10: Caucus Groups and Fishbowls 164
Lesson 11: Hot Topics 167
Lesson 12: Allyhood I—Interrupting Individual Racism 169
Lesson 13: Allyhood II—How to Be an Aspiring Ally 175
Lesson 14: Adjourning the Dialogue 177
Conclusion 180
Appendix A. Social Justice Concepts 183
Appendix B. Icebreakers/Community Builders 187
Appendix C. Closing Activities 190
Appendix D. Values List 192
Appendix E. Facilitator Feedback Form 193
Appendix F. Privilege Walk Statements 194
Appendix G. PASK: Facilitator Personal Assessment Chart 196
Appendix H. The PALS Approach 198
Appendix I. Videos 200
References 203
Index 212
About the Authors 223
