Coaching As A Way Forward: No Room For Shame
A lot of white people say they feel a sense of shame or blame when people bring up the topic of the discrimination experienced by black people from white people.
During our first conversations with Tania, she mentioned the term ‘calling out’ which is sometimes used synonymously with shaming. I shared my thoughts with Tania on this saying that there is, in my opinion a difference between the shaming, feeling ashamed and calling out.
Conversation As Parents: Part 2
Growing up from the age of 14 years, I was raised by my mother, a Black women and my Step father, a white man. My biological father who was Black was still alive at this age but lived across the world in Kenya, while we lived in Sweden. I had a brother and a sister, both whom were also black and my step brother (white) who would visit every other weekend. We grew up blissfully unaware of just difference our lives as black and white adults would be as grown-ups. While I am grateful for that short period of innocence in my life, a little head up would have also been very useful.
Conversation As Parents: Part 1
It’s kind of obvious when I tell you where I am from, where I grew up, it was not very diverse. I grew up in Monaco until I was 18yrs old, my friends were not very diverse. I come from a family that is spread across the world between Europe and Uruguay and my parents taught me to be inclusive, but also colour blind.