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Everyday Conversations on Race for Everyday People


Oct 11, 2018

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Conversations on Race- Perspectives  from a black Ghanaian and a white Hungarian

Patrick Tindana and Peter Kovacs: a Ghanaian and a Hungarian share stories and perspectives on race as immigrants to the US

A cross-race conversation about race with Patrick Tindana a black African from Ghana and Peter Kovacs, a white Hungarian

 

Key topics:

 

Why Patrick Tindana had to leave Ghana for being gay

 

What it’s like to be from a country where everyone “looks the same” and move to the US

 

An African perspective on how experiencing race in the US

 

How Patrick and Peter developed relationships with people of different races, and cultures in the US

 

Why it’s important to talk about race

 

Recognizing and understanding the challenges of talking about race with people who are different and people  who have been traumatized

 

Which immigrants have more privilege and security in the US and which ones are most endangered

 

Why lack of empathy for people from different cultures and race cause some people to dehumanize others

 

Hope for the future and bringing people together

 

Cultural intelligence and why it’s essential to get along in today’s world

 

The role of sharing food and stories can play to bring people together and find surprising connections

 

The role that culturally intelligent white people can play to disrupt racism and discrimination

 

Using privilege to start conversations across race and other differences

 

Intentionally seeking out and engaging with people who are different

 

Recognizing trauma amongst different groups

 

Tips for having cross-race conversations about race/the need to listen and validate experiences of others

 

What white people do to speak up about racism