The Neutrality Trap. Bernard S. Mayer

      

      Table of Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright

      4  Dedication

      5  Preface Our Purpose Our Perspectives Our Partnership How the Book Is Organized

      6  Part One: Engaging Conflict Chapter One: Engaging and Disrupting for Social Change Strategic Disruption Constructive Conflict Nonviolence and Disruption Resolution, Engagement, and Disruption Disrupting Systems of Oppression Acting Small, Dreaming Big Disrupting for What: A Guiding Vision Chapter Two: The Neutrality Trap The Limits of Dialogue Neutrality, Impartiality, and Objectivity If Not Neutrality, Then What? The Transparency Challenge Activists or Professionals The Many Faces of the Neutrality Trap: Fairness and False Equivalence Power and Neutrality Chapter Three: Intersectionality and Social Change Understanding Our Intersectionality Intersectionality and Oppression Challenging the Marginalization of the “Other” Experiencing Conflict Through Intersectionality Moving Away from a Single Story Acknowledging Pain in Ourselves and Others The Conscious and Unconscious Bases of Racism Race, Gender, and Colonialism A Note About Performativity, Virtue Signaling, and Change Chapter Four: Constructive Engagement What Is Constructive Conflict Engagement? The Uses and Misuses of Dialogue Finding Solutions Optimism and Realism About System Change

      7  Part Two: Deepening Conflict Chapter Five: The Hope and Challenge of Enduring Conflict The Faces of Conflict Strategies for Enduring Conflict I: Confronting Avoidance Strategies for Enduring Conflict II: The Use of Representative Conflict Strategies for Enduring Conflict III: Durable Communication and Sustainable Power Sustaining Ourselves in Enduring Conflict Chapter Six: Beyond Evil, Stupid, and Crazy: Systems of Privilege and Oppression Three Crutches System Concepts for Change Are We Experiencing the Beginnings of a Paradigm Shift? A Return to Crazy, Stupid, and Evil: Are Racists Evil?

      8  Part Three: Strategic Disruption Chapter Seven: From Chaotic to Strategic Disruption Good Trouble The Power of Nonviolence (and the Choices It Offers) Enduring Disruption Storytelling and Social Media Chapter Eight: Allies, Teams, and Leaders Team Leadership and Leadership of Teams Trust and Psychological Safety Can Elites Be Allies for Change? The Need for a Common Purpose The Power of Community Leaders and Boundaries Leaders, Followers, Facilitators, and Allies Chapter Nine: Disrupting and Connecting for Social Change: A Forward Look Conflict Specialists and Social Change; Social Activists and Constructive Engagement