Can We Stop Talking Long Enough to Have a Conversation?
Have you ever seen something that was a bit comical and sad at the same time? That was the video opener for an orientation I participated in recently. In the clip, an African American male is out and about and runs into a friend, who happens to be a Caucasian female. They are attempting to have a conversation but are finding that at every turn they have broached a topic that they “ probably shouldn’t talk about .” After the clip is over, the people participating in the orientation were given...