“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...

I was in Chicago recently conducting conversations regarding diversity, inclusion and bias. After my first day, I went to my hotel bar for a drink. Since I rarely meet strangers, a young, white guy in his late 30s and I began to talk. We were having a great...

“Why don’t black people care as much about black-on-black crime as they do when a police officer kills a black person?” I was asked this question by an attendee during one of my Unconscious Bias trainings a few weeks ago. Initially, I was irritated. The question...

I check all boxes. I’m African-American, I’m a woman, I’m left-handed, I’m divorced and I’m bisexual. As diversity goes, it feels like my life certainly connects with my purpose. For many reasons, there has always been one area of my diversity that I haven’t been...

Imagine living in a place where you decide to buy tomatoes from the local Subway restaurant because there is not a grocery store in your community. In 2010, I moved from south Tulsa to north Tulsa. During my first week in my new neighborhood, I went grocery shopping...

The day after my first Tulsa World column ran, a white man showed up at my house. He stood in my front yard, facing my living room window, shouting. He used the f-word and said he hated n—- — and shouted Martin Luther King’s name.

“I’m going to kill you and burn your house down!” he yelled. “I’m going to cut your head off and send it to your mama.” His voice sounded demonic. My neighbors were not exempt. With the same racially charged epithets, he accosted them, as well. “I’m going to kill you all with my bare hands one by one.”

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 I travel the country speaking and training regarding diversity, inclusion and bias for corporations and schools, I get firsthand knowledge of how people are trying to deal with issues of diversity in their communities and workplaces.