Episode 25 Avoiding Defence Triggers & Centring Joy

This week’s guest came all the way from Arizona, US. Racial justice expert and founder of 4 Da Hood, Frank Velasquez Jr spoke ‘frankly’ and openly about the challenges faced and powerful techniques used in developing leaders from global majority backgrounds. Listeners learn why ‘asset-based’ language is the way forward in avoiding deficit-laden labels, comparisons to terminology used to describe black and brown people in the U.K. and U.S., avoiding defence-evoking language, and how 4 Da Hood centres joy to counterbalance harmful conversations about discrimination.

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