I was asked to talk about NonViolent Communication and how to address micro and macro aggressions.
This is an interesting topic, I am familiar with the book
and found the following links:
https://baynvc.org/unpacking-microaggressions/
http://www.roxannemanning.com/event/nvc-for-real-coaching-across-racial-microaggressions/
http://www.roxannemanning.com/2018/04/23/where-are-you-from/
http://www.roxannemanning.com/2019/03/23/calling-in-calling-out/
http://www.roxannemanning.com/2018/03/30/articulate/
http://www.roxannemanning.com/2021/03/24/dontcallmewhite/
Topics that will be discussed:
Introduction to Microaggressions (C. DeBenedectis)
The Use of Mindfulness in Difficult Conversations (A. Jay)
Engaging in Difficult Conversations (L. Deitte)
What to Say in the Moment (N. Kagetsu)
First some definitions
(Racist v nonracist) v antiracist
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”
Desmond Tutu, 1931-
See the piece by Ibram X. Kendi
https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/june/ibram-x-kendi-definition-of-antiracist/
Unconscious bias
This is a brief article by Richard Gunderman and Dr. Kagetsu that appeared in JACR in 2017. We focus on steps to mitigate bias in the interview process.
http://www.jacr.org/article/S1546-1440(17)30209-0/fulltext
A brief video on Thinking Fast and Slow (Thinking fast is when your brain is on autopilot and results in unconscious bias)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiTz2i4VHFw
Microaggressions
A short video
Mosquito bite v shark bite (as noted by Brenda Allen)
A video ( I first saw this at the 2018 SNMA regional leadership conference in Delaware)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ9l7y4UuxY
Our 2019 JACR article on microaggression
https://www.jacr.org/article/S1546-1440(19)30185-1/abstract
A NYT article (Thank you to Dr. Alice Chong @DrAliceChong )
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/03/smarter-living/how-to-respond-to-microaggressions.html
"In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf."
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
MRI and Microaggression!
I learned about this from the book:
Super Thinking: Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McAnn
When someone says something try to consider the:
MRI (Most Respectful Interpretation)
for further reading:
https://nscblog.com/uncategorized/mri-most-respectful-interpretation/
https://fs.blog/2017/01/most-respectful-interpretation/
Watch the "where are you from" videos in the references
Mindfulness
Difficult Conversations
The coffee cup conversation
https://medicine.arizona.edu/education/professionalism/cup-coffee-initative
Being an upstander:
Reference
From HBR: To Combat Harassment, More Companies Should Try Bystander Training
https://hbr.org/2018/10/to-combat-harassment-more-companies-should-try-bystander-training
Sexual Harassment in Radiology: Prevalence and Opportunities for Improvement (JACR 2019)
https://www.jacr.org/article/S1546-1440(19)31180-9/fulltext \
The folks at ihollaback have created some modules
https://www.ihollaback.org/guide-bystander-intervention/
This is a quick pdf that summarizes the training
https://www.ihollaback.org/app/uploads/2016/11/Show-Up_CUPxHollaback.pdf
Check out our JACR piece
https://www.jacr.org/article/S1546-1440(20)30977-7/fulltext
Allyship
An MRI Online conference 7/28/20with Anu Obaro ( @anu_obaro), Dan Chonde (@DanChondeMD), and Onyinye Balogun (@GlobalRadOnc )
Nice reference "punching up v punching down"
Action Items:
I like the mnemonic DREAM adapted from https://www.jacr.org/article/S1546-1440(19)30020-1/fulltext
Diversity: a diverse workforce can help us mitigate disparities, leaders should require accountability to improve diversity
Research: to reduce disparities
Education: we should practice cultural humility and always be learning about others.
https://sites.google.com/site/neuroradiologyprimer/diversity-curriculum
We made a glossary on the ACR website
https://www.acr.org/Member-Resources/Commissions-Committees/Women-Diversity
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1exITC1ZUT3jlv7a-IUyccMdVV1fNrep13UnwL2qYYLY/edit
Activism/Advocacy a recent NEJM article
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2021812
Meditation/mentorship: meditation can reduce unconscious bias, (as well as stress), mentoring someone unlike yourself can benefit both parties
a reference from HBR
https://hbr.org/2017/04/mentor-people-who-arent-like-you
When you get some more power/influence you can be a sponsor as well!
Great talk by Carla Harris (I got to see her give a live version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYSNkf3lkas
Also from JAMA:
Mentoring in the Era of #MeToo
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2676115
References:
The link to the APDR Diversity and Inclusion resources:
https://www.apdr.org/program-directors/DEI-Curriculum
A NYT article on how to respond to microaggression (Thank you to Dr. Alice Chong @DrAliceChong )
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/03/smarter-living/how-to-respond-to-microaggressions.html
Where are you from?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWynJkN5HbQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU_htgjlMVE
A video on white fragility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPDpcYEdiOg
From an ARRS piece by Dr. Ruth Carlos
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2017/01/microaggressions
https://www.diagnosticimaging.com/ahra/how-handle-workplace-conflict
A resource from UC Santa Cruz:
https://academicaffairs.ucsc.edu/events/documents/Microaggressions_InterruptHO_2014_11_182v5.pdf
Some links from the Southern Poverty Law Center
https://www.splcenter.org/20150125/speak-responding-everyday-bigotry
AAMC antiracism
From ARRS In-Practice by Ruth Carlos
https://arrsinpractice.org/in-the-moment-aggressions/
A talk by N. Kagetsu for MGH Diversity week 2020
http://mghraddiversity.org/diversityweek/
An article from our colleague Hirschel McGinnis
Books
Man's Search for Meaning-Victor E. Frankl
The Autobiography of Malcolm X- as told to Alex Haley
How to be an Antiracist- Ibram X. Kendi
Let me know if you have any questions/comments
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