Race Dialogues: A Facilitator's Guide to Tackling the Elephant in the Classroom

ISBN-13: 9780807761304 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019

Sheri Seyka

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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 curriculum in a variety of classrooms, work spaces, and organisations.

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• 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