Christopher J Campbell

“Tying racism to its systemic causes and effects will help others see the important difference between systemic racism, and anti-white bigotry.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

“Insight is the opposite of predictable. Insights are disruptive. They come without warning, take forms that are unexpected, and open up unimagined opportunities. Insights get in the way of progress reviews because they reshape tasks and even revise goals. They carry risks—unseen complications and pitfalls that can get you in trouble. So insights make you work harder. Are you prepared for this additional work? You already have so much to think about and track once your project is under way; you won’t have the mental space to anticipate all the implications of the insights that your team members bring you.”
― Gary Klein, Seeing What Others Don't: The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights

“Remember: it’s not just this one incident. This incident is the continuation of a long history of microaggressions for people of color. Racial trauma is cumulative, and you cannot expect a person of color to react to each situation the way that you would having encountered it for the first time. It may not seem fair that you would take some of the blame for what has happened in the past, but what is truly unfair is the fact that people of color have to endure this every day.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

“There’s likely a place in paradise for people who tried hard, but what really matters is succeeding. If that requires you to change, that’s your mission.”
― General Stanley McChrystal, Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World