“White Fragility?… Hmph. Must be nice.” I must admit, my initial reaction to learning this term sounded a little bit like that. My reaction was grounded in some curiosity, but mostly skepticism and perhaps even...
Read MoreWhat does it mean to be fragile? As we saw in the first part of this series, it can mean being defensive or even violent when our privilege is challenged. It can mean being unwilling to accept someone for who they are because we...
Read MoreWhen brainstorming for this series and debating whether Millennials should be considered the dominant or non-dominant perspective, our team did not find a straight-forward answer like we did for the previous explorations on...
Read More[Editor’s Note: This piece forms part of the “Facing Fragility” series. Find the previous posts here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5.] As I reflected on this assignment, it was difficult for me to think...
Read MoreAs Caroline Belden wrote in last week’s feature on “Cisgender Fragility,” we at the Winters Group incorporated new demographic questions into our post-session surveys in 2018. I took on the initial task of drafting these...
Read MoreAt the end of last year, we amended our evaluations process at The Winters Group in order to better capture participants’ reactions to our learning experiences. We were intentional in making our survey inclusive when asking...
Read MoreThis is part of a series; to read Facing Fragility: Introduction, click here. In this series on fragility, I wanted to expand on a thread in Robin DiAngelo’s brilliant and thorough book, White Fragility. Part of...
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It’s 2019, and we at The Winters Group are ready to start asking new questions and dig deeper in...
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