Description
In a moment of racial tension, have you ever tried to simply “shrug off ” your outrage? Or put on a pleasant face so that others wouldn’t feel uncomfortable? Or dared to take a stand-only to find that it inflamed the situation? With Mindful of Race, Ruth King offers another option: To tend first to our suffering, listen to what it is trying to teach us, and direct its energies most effectively for change. Drawing on her expertise as both a meditation teacher and diversity consultant, King supports readers of all backgrounds with an abundance of insights and guided practices to help us identify our misperceptions, honor and engage with our most challenging emotions, temper them with compassionate forgiveness, and find the optimal course of wise action.
