The Violence of Marginalization

“Marginalization is profoundly violent,” states Linda Royster in
this week’s conversation with Dan Allender. Linda is the
Strategic Alliances Manager, Lead Instructor, and Co-Facilitator
of the Story Workshop for Racial Trauma and Healing at The
Allender Center.


From the very beginning, this conversation challenges the use of
the term “marginalized.” As we engage topics such as race,
gender, and cultural norms, this conversation sets the stage and
reminds us to enter the conversation with the desire to listen -
really listen - to voices that are often dismissed or
diminished.


Linda reminds us that listening well “requires a willingness to
mature, to go beyond being the center of your own world and to
actually take into consideration that there is value outside of
yourself.”