Here’s how to talk politics with family in the months following the contentious and revealing 2020 election.
Hint: The work begins when you’re alone.
Because theres no honor in or progress to come from staying politely quiet.
Your last bit pre-conversation homework is to decide if someones open to hearing your perspective.
By introspecting along that line, youll be able to approach the conversation with a clearer intention and goal.
Be prepared to say, You know, I have a different perspective on this person.
Arianna Galligher, LISW-S, is a licensed independent social worker supervisor, counselor, and the associate director of the STAR Trauma Recovery Center at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Were probably not going to agree on this point.
Lets just not go there,' says Galligher.
or I dont agree with you on this.
Can we talk it out?
Those are human rights issues.'
Those are human rights issues.
An ideal that we have lived up to it yet,' she says.
Your candidate is racist may be a true statementbut it wont get you anywhere.
If they give the go-ahead, write that email.
Arianna Galligher, LISW-S, is a licensed independent social worker supervisor, counselor, and the associate director of the STAR Trauma Recovery Center at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Do not let their actions go unchecked.
It is a privilege to avoid that conflict.
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