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So exactly how do I . . .

. . . deal with catcalls?(Click here.)

. . . talk to close friends?

Communication techniques for the bullheaded.

So exactly how do I . . .
. . . talk to my peers?(Click here.)
. . . talk to my parents?
. . . bear witness to the actions of authorities?
. . . challenge authorities?
. . . change institutions?
. . . talk to my boss
. . . deal with customers who act out?
. . . intervene with shopkeepers?
. . . educate teachers?
Does kindness count?
Communication techniques that help others to accept your comments.
What about inter-ethnic mistreatment?
Using humor.
The power to name.

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	Customers One European-American student came back to class the day after I began teaching a racism module, boiling over with excitement that she was able to instantly interrupt an act of racism the preceding evening. Debbie was selling tickets at a movie house the night before. A European-American man in line behind a Chinese-American woman reached across her shoulder with a $20 bill and asked for a ticket. Debbie said she felt so empowered as she calmly told the man, "She was here first." That awareness combined with that simple act of courtesy and honesty is an important element at the core of anti-racist activism. (Jack C. Straton, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA, 1995)