Stop Trying to be A "Good" Person: Tony Nabors

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@racialequityinsightsWe've got to look out for the subtle ways that our thoughts and values can betray our commitment to anti-racism. Wanting to be a good person... sounds like a great aspiration, right? However, it becomes problematic when we end up chasing the PERCEPTION of goodness at the expense of growth. Being open to feedback is a CORE necessity of effective anti-racism and overly prioritizing being seen as a "good person" can actually get in the way of our anti-racist growth. This happens because we sometimes interpret feedback as an attack on our goodness. We must separate these ideas so we can be impactful anti-racists! #antiracist #antiracism #endwhitesupremacy #goodperson #feedbackisimportant

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“For a lot of people, being considered a ‘good person’ is one of their biggest life goals. The problem in having that as such a major value for yourself is that it can make it really hard for you to receive feedback when you say or do racist stuff.

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If you’re serious about anti-racism, you must accept the fact that whether you’re a good person or not, you can’t help but be impacted by the racist ideas that exist throughout society.”

Watch: Recommended by Tony

Rent RACE: The Power of an Illusion here. Here’s the description:

The division of the world's peoples into distinct groups - "red," "black," "white" or "yellow" peoples - has became so deeply embedded in our psyches, so widely accepted, many would promptly dismiss as crazy any suggestion of its falsity. Yet, that's exactly what this provocative, new three-hour series by California Newsreel claims. Race - The Power of an Illusion questions the very idea of race as biology, suggesting that a belief in race is no more sound than believing that the sun revolves around the earth.

Yet race still matters. Just because race doesn't exist in biology doesn't mean it isn't very real, helping shape life chances and opportunities.

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Tony is the Owner and Principal Consultant of Racial Equity Insights:

“We champion the intersectional voices and needs of Black people, Indigenous people, and other People of Color in organizations, workplaces, governments, and in the community by offering racial equity consulting/strategy development, training, public speaking, and executive coaching.

The reason for this is that there are very clear disparities in how different groups of people fare in society based on race. This is both unjust and by design. We equip our clients with powerful and effective racial equity strategies so they can be conduits of positive change and transformation” (website).

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