What We Get Wrong About Empathy: Part One of Empathy Week

Are we born with a certain amount of empathy? Does empathy make us soft? Unable to make tough calls? Do women have more empathy than men? This is Empathy Week, where we will explore the quality of empathy and see if we can make it one of our superpowers, both at work and at home.

“I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.” Maya Angelou 

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As always, the work continues:
This is a great article that details the "75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice."
Reading List:
Desmond Cole, The Skin We're In
Robyn Maynard, Policing Black Lives
Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility
Ibram X Kendi's book, How to Be Anti-Racist

Moving from education to action, we look to Justice in June, an amazing guide put together by Autumn Gupta with Bryanna Wallace: https://docs.google.com/document/u/2/d/1H-Vxs6jEUByXylMS2BjGH1kQ7mEuZnHpPSs1Bpaqmw0/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwAR27Hbl0fWAHrWQVo1JFSmeN-7InRVgH8Ljm1YRATGj-9mMgQ-o3o_RZ5j0
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