Psychological Safety When Race Is in the Room
Describe how psychological safety must be operationalized differently for racialized risk.
A team is not safe for anti-racism until racialized risk can be named without penalty. Psychological safety is a work system Edmondson's work on psychological safety is often summarized as 'people can speak up.' For anti-racism at work, the sharper question is: what happens after someone speaks up about race? If the room debates their tone, asks for impossible proof, or moves on quickly, the system teaches silence. Race raises the interpersonal price Naming racial inequity can threaten the group's preferred self-image. People may rush to prove they are good, neutral, or data-driven. That reaction consumes the air the original…
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