Listening is Radical | Chanel Lewis | TEDxDirigo
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- čas přidán 14. 12. 2017
- Why are we so bad at disagreeing with another respectfully? In this candid talk, Chanel Lewis explores a new practice: radical listening. With radical listening, one suspends judgment and converses in a way that seeks to understand why a person thinks the way they do. Radical listening is hard work, and this talk underscores its importance in effecting radical change and connection, from relationships to society to politics. At the age of 26, Chanel is your typical millennial. She wears many hats. Why is that? Short answer: Chanel is passionate about her work. Chanel founded and directs *A Seat at the Table*, co-owns a millennial-run career consulting biz, works as a Program Coordinator at a non-profit, and is the Vice-Curator for the *Portland Global Shapers Hub*. However, there are common threads in her work: education and learning, equity and inclusion, and community. As a community member, she provides opportunities for people to gather, discuss, and learn about topics such as equity, inclusion, race, sex and gender, climate change, etc. *A Seat at the Table*, an initiative of the Treehouse Institute, seeks to bridge the gaps in our community by creating gathering spaces and promoting radical listening as a way to build and strengthen empathy, compassion, understanding, and action to make our communities more equitable and inclusive to all. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
Thank you for your example, and for pointing out how key this is to advancing civil discussion and being open to transformative experiences, through growing empathy.
Absolutely amazing and inspirational. Thank you Chanel Lewis.
loved this! I'm sure I'll revisit this many times. Shoutout to the Hey, Girl podcast
This is really hard to do, but I'm willing to try it.
I really struggle with listening. I think I am a good listener but no. I always want to respond. I wanna learn.
awesome!!
This was great.
Unmatched
I am currently a student in college and was shown this video in my English 101 course as a part of a "radical listening" lesson, and I am nothing short of disgusted of how this woman victimizes herself over physical traits of someone else and what she "thinks" they're judging her for. Judging someone based on the color of their skin in any case is pure 100% racism and she shows nothing less than that. The white men in her story didn't even say anything negative or insult her at all, yet she uses her closed-mindedness to assume they are attacking her for her skin color. This woman shows what is wrong with so many people in this country, playing the victim in a situation where they weren't ever attacked in the first place. She wants to talk "radical?" Putting blame on someone based on the color of their skin with no previous encounter is a radically left-wing bias ideology which is keeping this country marginalized and bias against itself. And now this is being taught in college as the "correct" way of thinking as it dehumanizes an entire race of people. Just thought I would leave this here for any other college students who are told to watch this video and indoctrinated by their professor that this is okay as if we should all learn from this woman's bias. I advise all young people to stay away from this form of indoctrination and keep an open mind when being educated on critical thinking skills.
I disagree heavily. I kind of feel like her main point in this video was that she had a preconceived notion on how the white men in her story think and was really wanting to essentially argue but then realized that they are people with opinions and deserve respect same as anyone else and therefor, she chose to listen to what she viewed as potentially "radical" ideologies. I think this is a great way of thinking as it allows you to actively listen to the other side. I found that as someone who isn't conservative I would be arrogant in my political view points but when I truly sat down and listen to conservatives explain their opinions and really truly listen with the intent of educating myself, I found that we are quite alike we all want a similar common goal we just have different ideologies on how to get there. That is ok. There are conservatives who will think differently and that's ok. There will be liberals who will think differently and that's ok.
Well don't listen to her, plain and simple 😂!!!!!!!