Introducing you special someone to your familyhttps://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/introducing-your-special-someone-to-your-familySame sex marriage and family dynamics during the...

Nobody Gets a Pass! Have a conversation with family members who make hateful comments over the holidayshttps://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/risha-talks-nobody-gets-a-pass-have-a-conversation-with/article_3723eb70-b4c5-5e4f-8910-eb36fd246d43.html We have...

Introducing Risha Talks from Tulsa World. These thought-provoking articles in the preeminent news source explore diversity, inclusion and bias around the world. Read a fresh new perspective from national speaker, trainer and author Risha Grant. 

As my niece gets ready to leave home to attend college this year, I feel both excitement and concern for her. Excitement because college campuses open your eyes to so many great experiences and your mind to learning and hopefully thinking differently where needed. We...

Last month, I wrote about my outrage at being called the “N-word” and asked readers to weigh in. Some readers wasted no time, bashing me as a racist, admonishing my reaction and schooling me on race relations over the past 400 years. On the other hand, many more...

Words affect me. Blatant disrespect angers me. So, when those two collided in what I believed to be a racist rant that ended in me being called “the N-word,” I had a visceral reaction. It was a surreal experience. A black man I have known for many years introduced me...

When it comes to race and other diversity issues, I am paid to help people understand one another. I still maintain that we don’t have diversity problems — we have people problems, but I’m ready to admit that I’m at a loss. The Tulsa World has many print subscription...

I am on a plane finally headed home, toward the end of a crazy, whirlwind, tiring but fulfilling speaking tour. It took me to Reno, Nevada; Park City, Utah; back to Belfast, Northern Ireland; Scottsdale, Arizona; Las Vegas; Manchester, New Hampshire; and Oklahoma...

“My white friend game is strong.” That comment landed on my Facebook page after I created a post that said: “I need to hear from my white friends! What do black people do that irritate white people?” It took almost two days to manage the 206 comments, shares, direct...

I have trained a few thousand people throughout the United States, South America and the United Kingdom. I have had personal conversations and conducted in-depth interviews with thousands more.  Two simple but extremely complex words are at the core of all diversity...