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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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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
Brittany Akstin replied on
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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David Ting replied on Permalink
Agree well put together
This was excellent
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David Ting replied on Permalink
Agree well put together
This was excellent
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Kristin Galetta replied on Permalink
helpful
i agree it was helpful
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Jayce Watson replied on Permalink
I agree, this was great.
I agree, this was great.
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Alec O'Brien replied on Permalink
Well constructed course:
I agree with many of the previously mentioned comments, this course was thorough and engaging!
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Nathalie Prebich replied on Permalink
Agree
Agree
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Maryjo Raei replied on Permalink
Yes, Agreed
Yes, Agreed
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Pranathi Pamidi replied on Permalink
Very helpful
This course is extremely helpful in helping me learn what to do and what not to do in nuanced situations
Pranathi Pamidi replied on
Pranathi Pamidi replied on Permalink
Very helpful
This course is extremely helpful in helping me learn what to do and what not to do in nuanced situations
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Merrilee Dahm Larsen replied on Permalink
Microaggression
I found the recognition of microaggressions very useful as it is often referenced but seldom is given the focus and attention needed.
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Elizabeth Jackson replied on Permalink
Response
I agree.
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Andrea Young replied on Permalink
well presented
well presented
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Revathi Ravi replied on Permalink
Great content, wish we could
Great content, wish we could make room for more discussions
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Rachelle Lamaster replied on Permalink
Best training provided thus
Best training provided thus far in this series.
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Daniel Hagan replied on Permalink
Agree well put together
Agree well put together presentation and benefcial
Daniel Hagan replied on
Daniel Hagan replied on Permalink
Great presentation.
Great presentation.
Daniel Hagan replied on
Daniel Hagan replied on Permalink
Good topic
Good topic
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Daniel Hagan replied on Permalink
course
great course
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David Ting replied on Permalink
I agree
great content
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Josandy Jeune replied on Permalink
Great
Great presentation.
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Daniel Hagan replied on Permalink
course
groovy
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Daniel Hagan replied on Permalink
awsome
awsome
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Daniel Hagan replied on Permalink
good stuff
good stuff
Daniel Hagan replied on
Daniel Hagan replied on Permalink
course
awsome
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Daniel Hagan replied on Permalink
course
awsome
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Caroline Gross replied on Permalink
Thank you!
Thank you!
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Daniel Hagan replied on Permalink
course
awsome
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Daniel Hagan replied on Permalink
course
great course
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Tracy Duggan replied on Permalink
Very informative and will be
Very informative and will be useful at my workplace
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