Facilitating Interracial Dialogues About Race

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Facilitating Interracial Dialogues About Race</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> presents an exploration into the lived experiences of people in organizations conducting interracial dialogues on race. Utilizing focus groups interviews and other primary materials the book highlights facilitators' voices to examine the processes and challenges involved in holding these essential conversations within a sociopolitical climate fueled by racial disparities and reckonings.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The first part of the book examines the dynamics of interracial co-facilitation and the roles of facilitators and Circle keepers in building a container for such dialogues. Facilitators discuss the conditions necessary for fruitful discussions that aim to balance power dynamics and invite more honesty and curiosity. The second part reveals specific communication practices such as engaged listening and grounding which play pivotal roles in the efficacy of these dialogues and can be applied to intergroup communication more broadly. They work together to help people focus on our shared humanity while understanding important differences in life experience.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Facilitating Interracial Dialogues About Race</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> is ideal for coursework related to group and interpersonal communication studies race relations social work and diversity training programs. Its content serves as both a research compendium and a practical guide for scholars practitioners students at undergraduate and graduate levels and all those seeking to better engage in understand and facilitate interracial discussions on race.</span></p>