S6E5: Bridging the Divide: How to Foster Inclusive Conversations on Race with Natalie Haynes

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Fostering inclusive conversations on race is essential for building understanding and creating environments where everyone feels valued and respected. These dialogues help individuals confront biases, bridge cultural divides, and address systemic inequalities. By promoting open, respectful discussions, we can challenge discrimination, support diversity, and cultivate a sense of belonging that benefits both individuals and communities. Inclusive conversations are a powerful tool for driving meaningful change toward equity and inclusion.

Natalie Haynes is an educator, workshop facilitator, Registered Psychotherapist and speaker. Her signature program entitled, “The Comfortable Race Conversation Process” leads individuals through an experiential process to learn how to have uncomfortable conversations about race with other races. This program has been included in the Government of Canada’s, 50-30 Challenge, as a tool to support organizations to have more honest conversations about race. Natalie’s latest course is called Beyond Respect: Inclusive Leadership in Conversations about Race and can be found on Udemy.

In this episode, Natalie shares why conversations about race are possible, how we move from discomfort to comfort, and what we gain when inclusion and belonging exists in our workplace cultures. She also guides listeners through an experiment to explore their reactions to memories around race, and understanding how your relationship with your racial identity helps uncover unconscious biases and emotions.

Chapters

02:13 - Why people are afraid to have conversations about race

05:44 - How to have conversations about race / DEIB

09:44 - Natalie’s Story

15:02 - Finding commonality

22:50 - An interactive experiment for listeners

32:02 - Changing your perspective and assumptions

37:33 - Getting curious about race

39:42 - The Comfortable Race Conversation Process

42:40 - Where to find Natalie

Visit Natalie’s website - https://natalie-haynes.mykajabi.com/the-comfortable-race-conversation-process-1

Connect with Natalie - https://ca.linkedin.com/in/natalie-haynes

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People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

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