You might ask yourself, why are we focussing on white men only in this workshop.
On the surface it would make sense that we invite people from a diversity of racial backgrounds to a workshop that addresses racism to have a diverse group of people tackling the conversation about racism.
Talking about racism is often triggering when the group holds racial diversity. We have chosen to explore this important topic as a homogenous group to keep trigger points to a minimum. Even in a group of white men, a huge number of diverse views and experiences show up and will create engaging conversations.
Here are 3 reasons why we only invite white men to this workshop.
- The value of this group is in sharing experiences and learning from these.
- It is to our advantage to educate ourselves about racism and how it impacts us.
- Working within a racial homogeneous group prepares us for the work within a racially diverse group.