SAY THE RIGHT THING

Developed from the work that Kenji Yoshino and David Glasgow have conducted as director and executive director of the Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at NYU School of Law, SAY THE RIGHT THING picks up where books like White Fragility and So You Want to Talk About Race left off.

Diversity conversations are essential and unavoidable, yet often difficult to navigate. In a period of social and political unrest, it may seem overwhelming, even impossible, to make changes on issues as vast and amorphous as "preserving democracy" or "eliminating institutional racism." Nevertheless, there are always opportunities to do good in one's own local spheres of influencein the infinite and infinitesimal daily conversations that occur within families, friendship circles, neighborhoods, educational institutions, and workplaces.

Sooner or later, everyone finds themselves engaged in a diversity conversation in either their personal or professional capacities. Whether it be in a classroom or a boardroom, in a train car or a living room, in a church or a bar, many often tense up, blurt out a defense, or run away in fear. Yoshino and Glasgow walk us through it all, encouraging us to see diversity conversations not as something to be feared, but as opportunities to grow and make change.

Kenji Yoshino is the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law and the Director of the Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. A graduate of Harvard and Yale, and Oxford (as a Rhodes Scholar), he specializes in constitutional law, antidiscrimination law, and law and literature. He is the author of three books: Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights; A Thousand Times More Fair: What Shakespeare's Plays Teach Us About Justice; and Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial. Yoshino has published in major academic journals, including the Harvard Law Review, the Stanford Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal. He has also written for more popular forums, including the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. He makes regular appearances on radio and television programs, such as NPR, CNN, PBS and MSNBC.

David Glasgow is the Executive Director of the Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging and an Adjunct Professor at NYU School of Law. He graduated with a BA in philosophy and an LLB from the University of Melbourne, and practiced employee relations and anti-discrimination law at multinational law firm King & Wood Mallesons. After completing a clerkship with the Federal Court of Australia, David obtained a Master of Laws (LLM) from NYU School of Law in 2014 and was awarded the David H. Moses Memorial Prize and the George Colin Award. He is a dual-qualified attorney in New York and Australia. Prior to joining the Center, David was an Associate Director of the Public Interest Law Center at NYU School of Law.