The Token
Crystal Byrd Farmer
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69 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 52min.
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
Preface1. I'm Your New Black FriendPreparing for Change2. Team Members Cocreators Tokens Cheerleaders3. The Resistance Why This? Why Now? The Willfully Blind My Time to ShineDoing The Work 4. Diversity Training5. Community Feedback6. Identity: My Privilege Is Better Than Yours My Identities The Workbook: Identity and Privilege7. Implicit Bias: Life as a Mega Stuf™ Oreo© The Workbook: Implicit Bias8. Microaggressions, or, It's Just a Compliment! The Workbook: Microaggressions9. Majority Culture: What's Yours Is Mine The Workbook: Majority Culture Discussion for Tokens With Leadership Creating Culture Conscious Meetings10. The Invitation11. The Location 12. Introductions13. Ground Rules14. Conversation and Conflict15. Saying Good-bye and Feedback16. The Workbook: Making Community-Wide Change. Limits to Inclusion — It's Not About You Until It Is17. A Space for Us18. How Not to Recruit Leaders 19. Keep On Keepin' OnTools and ResourcesIndexAbout the AuthorAbout New Society Publishers
