How to talk about race at work | Solomon Wilkins | TEDxMountRubidoux
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- Have you ever engaged in a dialogue about race and the conversation made you uncomfortable? Do you avoid conversations about race because you don’t want to “say the wrong thing and offend someone?” If so, you’re not alone. Conversations about race can make some people feel uncomfortable but in his talk, “How to Talk About Race at Work,” corporate consultant and executive Solomon Wilkins shares with us how to be B.R.A.V.E when having conversations about race at work.
With a career in diversity, a background in organizational leadership, and an unshakeable passion about uniting the world, Solomon Wilkins is on a mission to help people question their race-related
assumptions and biases. Wilkins is purposeful about connecting diverse communities and culture while bridging the gap between how the world works and communicates. In his TEDx Talk, “How to Talk About Race at Work,” he takes us on his personal journey through Corporate America and shares stories of how he’s coached and empowered corporate executives and employees on how to be BRAVE when having conversations about race.
His soon-to-be-released book, How to Talk About Race at Work combines his corporate experience and qualitative research in an easy-to-read guide designed to teach organizations how to engage in
conversations about race at work. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
I picked up my collaborators for their skills and merit and never for race.We were coming from all over the world and we were a formidable team!!
That is good and what one is supposed to do.
“…not judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character…”, M.L.King
Only if ALL people would remember this quote.
@@YouChwbPeople need to be reminded. Apparently.
Ah the guy that used to beat women half to death and was brought in trained and financed by Jewish communists
Yet we see him as a hero, must be nice controlling the media
Great job Solomon, thanks for sharing. The negative comments here are a great reminder why it’s so important for you to continue doing this work. Praying God continues to use you to make a positive difference in this world.
This conversation will always get back handed comments because people who haven't been threw it just don't care... spot on.
Thank you Solomon for always being vulnerable and having the hard conversations. I’ve learned so much from you and I continue to value your insight.
Lmao white women😂
Thank you so much for a powerful and much needed talk. WE don’t have the luxury of ignoring race and pretending like it doesn’t exist because we live with the consequences of it every day . When you say you don’t see my color you are actually completely dismissing my experiences. THANK YOU FOR A POWERFUL AND MUCH NEEDED TALK
Nicely done Solomon. It takes courage to speak your truth and more courage to seek to understand others. Thank you for the work you do.
Choked up at 12:16. Thank you for role modeling, leading and being part of this important solution, Solomon! I'm listening and learning and willing to confront my conditioning.
White generation Xers the most pathetic of whites😂
IM SO SORRY SOLOMON 😂
Have you ever seen the air pick up dust and spin it in a tiny whirlwind at your feet? The twirling particles reveal the current. Without this demonstration, the wind might remain invisible and whir by unnoticed.
Your habits demonstrate self-respect in the same way. Your inner regard is made manifest through your actions.
The next time you sense a breeze upon your face, let it remind you of the power within. Remember each time you follow through on a habit, you’ve just given form to the current of self-respect that stirs inside.
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Spot on, Solomon, thank you! These are compelling stories and I love the BRAVE acronym. For those struggling to understand why we need to talk about race at work...we need to talk about race at work because people who have been historically under-estimated, marginalized or oppressed experience the work environment very differently than people who come to work with inherent privilege and power. Yet, we all have to work effectively together to build high performance teams and ensure that people have equitable opportunities to achieve their personal and professional goals and aspirations. Let's talk about race in a manner that rocks the boat and rocks it hard yet keeps everyone in the boat, because we need white people, and all individuals with power and privilege to use their power and privilege to be allies, to create space for others, and to promote and listen to the voices of those who are being muffled. We have difficult problems to solve and we need all hands on deck to solve them, to hear everyone's ideas and perspective. Bottom line, we are all in this together and until we recognize and address the racial inequities of our past, and learn ways to work effectively together, lifting your co-workers up, we are doomed to continue to propel these inequities further forward. Peace and Love.
And we are not in it 'together' out countries are being flooded by his bumass people that add nothing but crime and misery
Check the stats
Much needed message Solomon. Great job and I’m very proud of you! ✊🖤🤎❤️
Great job Solomon!
The idea of “Race” perpetuates the idea of superficial differences being relevant. We need to make efforts to tear down the “culture” that cultivates this concept.
Good luck the media loves using race as a divider
Amazing Ted talk and approach tackling the race discussion. Salute...
Just don't. Unless the job is somehow related with racial aspects, but then you know better already.
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That’s what I was going to say, better to avoid it entirely with the current political climate.
I think this has more to do with administrative and management power dynamics rather than the average worker. He's possibly arming those who will eventually get into those situations as well. Every talking point he had was a defensive one, not aggressive at all, so his point is you should have his logic for when that occurs.
What has race got to do with work?
What benefit could possibly come from making something at work about race?
Why does any of this matter? Why does everything need to have some frame in race?
Who wants to talk about race at work? I just want my check every two weeks. People are worn out by race.
The stories he told were such BS. It is insulting to people's intelligence, we all most likely live in multiracial communities and nobody acts in the way this guy describes people.
@@edwardfuentes4823 Be thankful you live in Utopia! I, like many others do live in a multiracial community that DOES have folks that act that way.
Great reminder! Love, let’s be BRAVE. ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks to _The Office,_ I already know how. Short answer: role-play, including impersonating your favorite comedian.
The best way to talk about race is to NOT talk about race. Be colorblind and we all win. ❤️
Lol this would work in imagination land
I guess you didn't watch the video... 4:35
This doesn't work.
..and this here is the problem! Trying to unsee something that is clearly there is ridiculous. You can still SEE (acknowledge) differences and not use them for or against a person.
I am not sure you listened to Solomon
Thank you Solomon for all that it took to offer this up in the world.
That was great
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Interesting talk from someone who seems to only care about the top 5% of all employees and employers in the world. As someone who works 10 hour days on an assembly line all i know about race is that i somehow feel like an outsider among my colleagues just for being a quiet white guy. Im happy to chatter away, im plenty social, i wear a goofy smile, but theres always an ice to break between me and my coworkers of a different color that simply doesnt exist between them.
That is the way. I don't have troubles at work when comes to that even if some try to start up something that isn't there.
And yet, in most places, you're better treated than them. You don't fear police violence. You don't worry about being followed when inside a store.
I'm sure you're not the only one feeling that way, so break the ice and carry on! We all have people that we are naturally/easily drawn to, whether it's due to energy, attitude or even fashion.
consider that that 5% are the ones that make rules and implement changes for the whole company. Eventually (could be a couple of years) you'll have it better.
Also consider the talk only lasts 17min, were you expecting solving a conflict of millions around the world with a small talk?
So then I asked Neil what moti-moti-vitated him to do the same job day after day. He came up to me, with tears in his eyes. He was a powerful man, a senior vice-president. Even I don't have a senior VP-how's that for comparison! And he said, "Sir, I've been at this company for over 20 years, and nobody's ever asked me that." 20 years, folks, can you believe that, and no bankruptcies-not a single one. He would not let his company go bankrupt, even if it made good business sense. He said he had Chinese heritage-he grew up in China. They don't have burgers or KFC in China. There, they make you eat Chinese food, like cockroaches and snakes. Kung Fu food, I call it. But he survived somehow-I don't know how, but he did. And make no mistake, folks-despite all that's happened to him, he is a proud American, a true American. He cares about nothing more than being profitable. He's richer than anybody you've ever seen. Bigly. And he said to me, tears running down his face, "Sir, I have two sons and a daughter ..."
4:14 wtf was that dreadful laugh track? Also is it just me or is there an annoying static noise in the background
I head the static too, the video editors are slippin'.
We all bleed red!
We are all Created by the same Father!❤❤🙏
End of story!
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I can’t believe it’s 2024 and we are hyper focusing on talking about the color of peoples skins IN the work place and celebrating the victimhood mentality. In the workplace people need to emphasize in talking about diversity of ideas. How much longer until this DEI based on race and gender, will really start killing real collaboration. We are already experiencing this in big corporations where people rather not talk because everyone might feel offended.
The world is sick of listening to it. 🙄
Yeah, no matter what opinion you've got of it it's hard because understanding isn't the point in most conversations about it. Though, just because we're sick of something doesn't mean it's gonna go away.
Wow that is a cold open ! On so many levels . Great delivery . I bet you could hear a pin drop … great story telling Solomon
Messge as true as the laughs in the background..
Why does that even matter? We have a product or service that we provide. Sick of the whining and moaning. Grow up.
What a great talk with several good takeaways. Thank you for sharing! ❤️
What exactly because really this may just start with a chair being thrown at waffle house kind of thing instead
America is so sensitive! No, everything doesn't have to be about race (especially in the work place), but you can't negate the fact that it is still prevalent. Therefore, when conversations do arise, they should not be as difficult as society has made them... So THESE trainings/conversations with the higher ups are needed. Great job Solomon.
Dear lord no one cares.
Owwhh...that's direct but representative? I think not .
how do these guys digging up the most useless topics over nd over again?
to be fair, all topics have probably been covered.
They gotta recycle the same topics to keep posting content.
Thats my guess..
Digging up? Was a talk on diversity through Organization Leadership done before?
TEDx en que pais estas a hora
Thank you❤Beautiful and It is interesting talk🌟💞🌏😍🖐
Simple. Stop talking about it. The real racists can’t.
Great insight. To the point. Thank you...
Exactly
Another Ted talk that went instantly into the trashcan
Wanna end racism, stop labeling by color, stop talking about it . Men are men and women are women . Stop victimizing your self it’s embarrassing
I am from another country and US is the only country that asks you about your race/ethnicity on every form you fill out everywhere. Why? In my country your are only female or male, that's it everyone is included.
The constant victimhood narratives surrounding race is poison to the very diversity initiative. When the continued rhetoric of one’s suffering or one’s privileges is ever present, filling up a diverse space becomes a terrible idea with everyone holding to their own victim status.
Also collectivizing demographics is getting old and lazy. We do not all live or experience the same things simply for being one demographic or another.
rest of the world : " alright guys we did bad things to each other let's no longer bring up any discrimination against each other and forget about the past'
Woke and sjws alike : ' and we took that personally'
Wow, I love this, awesome & I am sharing it to my Facebook feed
How about, No.
P O W E R F U L .
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He is the vice president 😂🤡🤡🤡🤡
Vice president? Can you elaborate?
How to talk about in the bible belt south...not at all, or mind your own business.
Got a playlist still adding this no matter how not helpful this is.
Imagine hiring this dude and all he does is talk about his race.
Good stuff, thanks Solomon
I wonder what kind of pretend candy he was selling in that traumatic childhood memory that was totally made up and definitely never happened.
It probably did happen
@@jetbean24 Its as real as Jesse Smullets assault
Very important to discuss how whites are being discriminated against in the workplace, I agree.
They dont care about that
Unless their Jewish of course😂
lol i just call them lNl_l_lGl_lGl_lEl_lRl_lSl
I think I am out of your loop.
Im just gonna go ahead and say for 90% of jobs there is no reason to so dont
I am surprised he even uses the word race.
I thought it was an offensive term according to the "progressive" woke crowd.
Why because you cannot win a race? Lol
Just say that to woke left and right.