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This bystander education course will provide employees with an understanding of how interpersonal racism continues to support and maintain systemic racism. Through scenario-based learning, participants will develop skills for recognizing racial bias and confronting discrimination. An overview of related Human Resources policies and practices will be given to support employees in actively dismantling racism within Mass General Brigham.
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Vidyasagar,M.D.,Ph.D. Koduri replied on Permalink
May there be real change.
May there be real change.
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Carlos Caceres replied on Permalink
Agree
Agree
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Farah Siddiquie replied on Permalink
Very well presented course.
Very well presented course.
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Aimee Chang replied on Permalink
good course
good course
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Emily Perry replied on Permalink
I agree!
I agree!
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Emily Perry replied on Permalink
I agree!
I agree!
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Emily Perry replied on Permalink
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Alyssa Letourneau replied on Permalink
Ending Racism
This was a great series. Very informative. The multiple viewpoints and the choose your own adventure made it interactive and meaningful.
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Byung Kim replied on Permalink
Agree. Well put together
This was a very well put together presentation. It helped me gain new perspectives on the issue.
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Elizabeth,M.D. Zulinska replied on Permalink
agreed
Very well presented with multiple view points.
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Elizabeth,M.D. Zulinska replied on Permalink
agreed
very well presented
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Toshiro Hara replied on Permalink
Great training
This is such a great training material
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Isaac Chua replied on Permalink
I thought the video was
I thought the video was helpful.
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Kiara Leplatte replied on Permalink
I agree!
Found videos to be helpful
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Joshua Lea replied on Permalink
I agree
I thought this training offered skills that will help inform my practice with patients and my colleagues.
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Elise Vanetzian replied on Permalink
very informative and
very informative and important information for all of us
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Niteesh Choudhry replied on Permalink
Very helpful content.
Very helpful content.
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Niteesh Choudhry replied on Permalink
Very helpful content.
Very helpful content.
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Khalid Ismail replied on Permalink
Very insightful. I gained few
Very insightful. I gained few important tips
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Niteesh Choudhry replied on Permalink
Very helpful content.
Very helpful content.
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Grace Crotty replied on Permalink
I agree
This training was very beneficial and well put together.
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Katherine Dunn replied on Permalink
the different aspects of
the different aspects of systemic racism were well displayed and it definitely was infuriating at times to see how people are treated regularly in our society
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Katherine Dunn replied on Permalink
thank you
thank you
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Julianne Stoughton replied on Permalink
racism thoughts
It is so important to respect other's point of view and not to assume anything without asking. Good communication always works, and is to be the goal of every team. A more diverse team is better for the diverse patients that we have to care for.
Julianne Stoughton replied on
Julianne Stoughton replied on Permalink
ending racism thoughts
I will be much more mindful about racial issues. I have always felt that it is better to ignore and not see color, but if we do not acknowledge it then we cannot understand what others are going through.
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Julianne Stoughton replied on Permalink
thank you
this was a helpful exercise.
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Boyu Ren replied on Permalink
Well developed materials.
Well developed materials.
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Margaret Odea replied on Permalink
well done
the video scenarios were relatable and well put together, thank you!
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Alison Fox replied on Permalink
Agree
Agree, very important!
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Wilfredo Escobar replied on Permalink
Sustainability
Good presentation and design. There is a lot to think about and to reflect. My biggest question is how we continue to sustain and explore how racism impacts our work, our relationship with our co-workers and patients. It's fresh now, but what about in the future. The challenge is to put all of this into daily practice until it becomes a part of who we are, so when people enter the facility, they feel the change in the climate that we will listen, care for them and do out best to see and hear them.
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Kirstin Birtwell replied on Permalink
Important teaching points and
Important teaching points and perspectives
Kirstin Birtwell replied on
Kirstin Birtwell replied on Permalink
Important teaching points and
Important teaching points and perspectives
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Quinn Moloney replied on Permalink
Agree
Nice to have different scenarios and viewpoints of how it could play out
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Kai,M.D.,Mgh Saukkonen replied on Permalink
Thank you.
Thank you.
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Danny Truong replied on Permalink
gave me the perspective of another peraon's POV
gave me the perspective of another peraon's POV
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Rebecca Craffey replied on Permalink
Content made it easy to
Content made it easy to appreciate issues from multiple viewpoints.
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Bethany Borey replied on Permalink
Incredibly valuable.
Incredibly valuable.
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Alisa Rosen replied on Permalink
interesting course
Interesting presentation
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Alisa Rosen replied on Permalink
interesting course
Interesting presentation
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Erika Aguilar replied on Permalink
This was an excellent
This was an excellent reminder of how we can engage with one another and be more mindful of each other in and outside the workplace.
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Barbara Clemons replied on Permalink
This course was very
This course was very informative. Racism is such an emotional topic. I am pleased that the topic is being openly discussed.
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George Molina replied on Permalink
Good course
Good course
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Jonathan Scholl replied on Permalink
Agree. Well put together presentation and beneficial.
Agree. Well put together presentation and beneficial.
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Brittany Akstin replied on Permalink
great course
great course
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Brittany Akstin replied on Permalink
great course
great course
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Ivana Nikolic replied on Permalink
This was very well done. I
This was very well done. I learned a lot especially about speaking up.
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Brian Wainger replied on Permalink
helpful
helpful
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Brian Wainger replied on Permalink
helpful
helpful
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Ian Wynyard replied on Permalink
Ironically, I Found This Training Course Racist
I was upset by my fourth module specifically. The first character wouldn't stand up for herself in fear of appearing like an "angry black woman" and her internal reaction twice played into the stereotype with shouting, finger pointing, and dismissiveness. There was no room in the narrative for her to stand up for herself in a calm way because that kind of "executive presence" was already previously identified as problematic and white coded. Ultimately, the black manager required a white manager to go through her own racial journey and speak for her using her "executive presence", itself a deeply racist trope called the "White Savior".
This is exactly like kind of racism that we are supposed to be working against. A victim of racism, even internal racism like the black female manager, is unable to be a complete person in the conversation when people around them absorb responsibility for their own advocacy. Such training shifts the onus away from the individual to confront racism against them directly and loses the key message: you must defend yourself with your own voice to be more than just a token to the racists around you. We need to support others in standing up for themselves, not just taking over the conversation.
In that spirit, if you want this training to really hit home, make a module where a white person is the victim. Having almost every racist in the module be white is alienating. Even when the black male manager was racist and reported, he became a victim of the white woman's racism in the next scene. White people seeing themselves as a victim will make them better able to relate to the message you are trying to deliver.
The second module about the janitor who didn't speak English was excellent and set a far better example.
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Julie Ingelfinger replied on Permalink
RACISM COURSE
This course did a good job of demonstrating both microracism and overt racism. It was instructive from several viewpoints in a way that facilitates seeing how issues occur, seeing prejudice and its expressions and offers some solutions.
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