Anonymous
Post 04/18/2021 19:34     Subject: diversity activities for actual diverse people
How to communicate with people who are different from you.

Can cover race, politics, etc.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2021 19:31     Subject: Re:diversity activities for actual diverse people
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Huh?

Black person here and you sound nuts.


Latinx queer person here...huh back st you. Are you kidding? Have you ever attended a company diversity thing that was useful to you vs awkward, tokenizing or, at best, neutral? I think the OP just wants to know whether there's anything useful that could come out of this for those of us who live "doversiry" every day. I'd say, the least awful ones of these things has allowed us to break off into self-selected groups for small group for small group discussion. I would not say that I learned anything new but I would day that the space created by those groups allowed for much more candid/deep discussions.


White person here. In the current climate, I absolutely will not say one word in a small group discussion about diversity. I will not get dragged into anything that can be used against me.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2021 19:29     Subject: Re:diversity activities for actual diverse people
Anonymous wrote:A training on mentorship or giving concrete and constructive criticism is probably the least horrible. Don’t make it about identifying groups or problems but providing solutions that are equally helpful for everyone and can be applied in a variety of situations.


This is good advice.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2021 19:29     Subject: Re:diversity activities for actual diverse people
Maybe different breakout groups to choose from?
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2021 19:28     Subject: diversity activities for actual diverse people
Anonymous wrote:Vomit. Instead of making it about the basics, can you talk about multiethnic, international people (like me ): people who look like they might be from one culture but are actually another, or have several cultures?

Because all this diversity talk is mostly based on appearance. See a black guy, adjust your frame of reference. See a woman, or a guy dressed like a woman, or someone in a wheelchair, make other adjustments. I feel this is counterproductive to some degree.

The goal of the exercise would be to look past what you first notice and make practically no assumptions based on what you see at first glance.


+1. A lot of these end up being, “No no no you have the WRONG stereotypes. Employ these CORRECT stereotypes instead! Yay now you’re woke!” Hard pass.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2021 19:28     Subject: Re:diversity activities for actual diverse people
A training on mentorship or giving concrete and constructive criticism is probably the least horrible. Don’t make it about identifying groups or problems but providing solutions that are equally helpful for everyone and can be applied in a variety of situations.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2021 19:26     Subject: Re:diversity activities for actual diverse people
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Huh?

Black person here and you sound nuts.


Latinx queer person here...huh back st you. Are you kidding? Have you ever attended a company diversity thing that was useful to you vs awkward, tokenizing or, at best, neutral? I think the OP just wants to know whether there's anything useful that could come out of this for those of us who live "doversiry" every day. I'd say, the least awful ones of these things has allowed us to break off into self-selected groups for small group for small group discussion. I would not say that I learned anything new but I would day that the space created by those groups allowed for much more candid/deep discussions.


Yeah you lost me at the first word
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2021 19:16     Subject: diversity activities for actual diverse people
Personally, I like diversity activities where I actually learn about a different person, group, tradition, or history. Concrete stuff. The self-confessional approach is always going to be weird and “center” white people. Another approach I think has a lot of integrity is to just talk about effective communication, listening, and cognitive bias. Trainings on how to effectively mentor. Stuff like that.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2021 19:11     Subject: diversity activities for actual diverse people
Vomit. Instead of making it about the basics, can you talk about multiethnic, international people (like me ): people who look like they might be from one culture but are actually another, or have several cultures?

Because all this diversity talk is mostly based on appearance. See a black guy, adjust your frame of reference. See a woman, or a guy dressed like a woman, or someone in a wheelchair, make other adjustments. I feel this is counterproductive to some degree.

The goal of the exercise would be to look past what you first notice and make practically no assumptions based on what you see at first glance.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2021 19:10     Subject: Re:diversity activities for actual diverse people
PP above...sorry typo disaster
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2021 19:09     Subject: Re:diversity activities for actual diverse people
Anonymous wrote:Huh?

Black person here and you sound nuts.


Latinx queer person here...huh back st you. Are you kidding? Have you ever attended a company diversity thing that was useful to you vs awkward, tokenizing or, at best, neutral? I think the OP just wants to know whether there's anything useful that could come out of this for those of us who live "doversiry" every day. I'd say, the least awful ones of these things has allowed us to break off into self-selected groups for small group for small group discussion. I would not say that I learned anything new but I would day that the space created by those groups allowed for much more candid/deep discussions.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2021 19:06     Subject: Re:diversity activities for actual diverse people
Anonymous wrote:Huh?

Black person here and you sound nuts.


OP here willing to sound a little nuts. Maybe I didn't explain myself well (or maybe I'm nuts). I was listening to the ideas my coworkers were throwing around for planning the day, and it all sounded like it was focused on educating white people about the fact that racism exists. It seems to me that that's gotta be extremely annoying for the people of color who attend these things year after year. I'm trying to think about activities to suggest that will be useful to everyone, not just to the white people.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2021 19:03     Subject: Re:diversity activities for actual diverse people
It won’t be a fun or useful day for anyone. It will be a dull and cringe-worthy day for everyone and no one will learn anything. We have all been through these things enough times to know that. Everyone just wants to get back to the work that is piling up on their desks.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2021 19:02     Subject: Re:diversity activities for actual diverse people
Huh?

Black person here and you sound nuts.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2021 18:59     Subject: diversity activities for actual diverse people
My organization wants to have a team-building day focusing on diversity and inclusion. Which, yay! But, as a satirical McSweeneys article recently put it, "Select all images that show a person of color who has learned something new about the importance of diversity and inclusion in their organization from the seminar they just attended."

Does anyone have any ideas for activities that could make this a fun and useful day NOT JUST FOR WHITE STRAIGHT ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE?

I tried Googling, and it was unhelpful. Would love to hear from people here.