Actionable Solution
How to Have Conversations Around Diversity and Inclusion
STEP ONE: Focus on what the differences are (rather than what is the same) and what makes us unique, special and what makes us who we are as individuals.
STEP TWO: Examine what comes up in ourselves around having these conversations with our children. What is our implicit conditioning and unacknowledged bias?
STEP THREE: Look at your life and where the gaps are in your cultural events. What kind of friends do I have? What kind of food do you eat? What kind of places do you go to?
STEP FOUR: Address the gap in diversity that is in your life.
STEP FIVE: Encourage your children to ask why. It is okay to ask why do you have a turban on your head? Why is your skin different from mine? It’s all about HOW we ask these questions.