Humans 101

Ways I’ve Derailed Healthy Conflict

And how I’m trying to make space for ‘real talk’ to happen

Did ya’ll know that a lot of white people don’t have the cultural concept of “real talk”? You know where you stop saying the diplomatic thing and tell people what’s really going on. They just don’t have it. You try to have a moment of “real talk” and they freak the fuck out.

Yesterday, I happened upon a thought-provoking Twitter thread from web developer Marco Rogers, about the ways in which white people are conditioned to avoid difficult conversations. Marco said, “Did ya’ll know that a lot of white people don’t have the cultural…