Step 6: Reflection

The facilitator briefly asks a few questions to check in with the participants (10 minutes).

• How did this exercise make you feel?
  • Did you still feel defensive? If so, what did you do?
• How did you approach the conversation with the person you unintentionally committed a micro-aggression to?
• Was there anything during this training that surprised you?
• What was it like to do this exercise with someone else? What was the point of that?
  • Buddy Talk: someone you can talk to about this topic, who can help you process and validate your emotions, who can hold you accountable, who can help you practice your non-defensive responses, and the other way around.
• What have you learned from this exercise? What will you take with you?
• How does this exercise and what you are learning from this exercise translate into your job or work?