Deep Diversity

Racial justice without shame and blame: Choudhury explores the emotionally loaded topic of racism in a compassionate, scientific manner that everyone can understand, whether you are Black, Indigenous, a person of color (BIPOC) or white. **Business Executives, doctors, lawyers,**scientists, educators, and non-profit leaders: These are just some of the professionals Choudhury has shared his techniques with to inspire change and create inclusive working environments for all employees. Controversial approach: With 25 years under his belt as a racial justice educator, Choudhury argues that traditional approaches to anti-racism and anti-oppression provide only a partial understanding of systemic discrimination. Trauma-informed, compassionate: With trauma training in his background, Choudhury teaches that by integrating compassion and psychological literacy with racial justice, feelings of shame are avoided in people, whether white or BIPOC, so that the pursuit of system-wide change becomes possible. The Malcom Gladwell of racial justice: Choudhury’s storytelling approach is used to make complex ideas about systemic discrimination accessible and clear… inspired by fellow Canadian, Malcolm Gladwell, who grew up in a neighbouring small town to Choudhury. Like Brene Brown, Choudhury models vulnerability and mistake-making, sharing examples of his own bias-missteps so readers are encouraged into their own racial justice journey without judgment. Road-tested with thousands of people: As neuropsychologist and *New York Times-*bestselling author Rick Hanson said in his early endorsement of the book, "Choudhury draws on heart-touching stories, research on the brain, and hard-won lessons from real-world interventions to offer useful strategies to know ourselves, and others better" regarding racism and racial difference. How to break the racial “prejudice habits” we have all been socialized into since birth, using research-based strategies. How the rise in authoritarianism and income inequality (among other factors) contribute to a rise in hate crimes and racial discrimination, and what to do about it. Traditional approaches to anti-racism overly rely on analyzing history to explain systemic discrimination, which only tells us a part of the story. What’s missing, Choudhury argues, is to understand why humans do what we do, the evolutionary impulses underlying our group-ish nature and our struggles with power, bias, and social dominance. This is why psychology and neuroscience perspectives are critical to integrate into anti-racist work, as is practicing compassion for ourselves and for others. Deep Diversity is a unique, evidence-based approach to racial justice that seeks to overcome feelings of shame that so often block our progress and prevent deep change at individual and systemic levels. Deep Diversity meets you where you’re at, regardless of your identity, class, ability, or belief system, and invites you to come along on a journey of self-discovery, social awareness, and lifelong learning. It’s only just begun. **“Choudhury draws on heart-touching stories, research on the brain, and hard-won lessons from real-world interventions to offer useful strategies to know ourselves, and others better.”—*****New York Times-***bestselling author of Buddha’s Brain, Rick Hanson