Ralina Joseph with Mónica Guzmán

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Join Professor of African American Studies at UCLA Ralina L. Joseph for her new book Racial Exhaustion: How to Move Through Racism in the Wake of DEI. Joseph blends personal narrative, real-world dialogue, and critical race scholarship to explore how we communicate race today—and how we can do better. She will be joined in conversation by Mónica Guzmán, author of I Never Thought of It That Way.

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How to build stamina to confront racial exhaustion and communicate differently about race

In the wake of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, many Americans—regardless of race—find themselves exhausted by conversations about race and racism. People of color continue to bear the weight of systemic racism while also shouldering the burden of explaining and confronting daily microaggressions. White people, whether allies…