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Courageous Conversation Compass
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"It is as a personal navigational tool to guide you through these conversations … it helps you to know where you are personally as well as to recognize the direction from which other participants come.” (Singleton 2015)
The 4 Points
Emotionally, we respond to information through feelings, when a racial issue strikes us at a physical level and causes an internal sensation such as anger, sadness, joy, or embarrassment.
Intellectually, our primary response to a racial issue or information may be characterised by personal disconnect with the subject or a steadfast search for more information or data. Our intellectual response is often verbal and based on our best thinking.
Morally, we respond from a deep-seated belief that relates to the racial information or event. This belief has to do with the ‘rightness’ or ‘wrongness’ of a given racial issue. The justifications for one’s moral views are often situated in the ‘gut’ and may not be articulated verbally.
Socially, we connect and respond to rational information through our acting or what is most often characterised as specific behaviours or actions.
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