Respect: Culture, Power, and Interactional Norms in Intergroup Dialogue
Abstract
Structured intergroup dialogue (IGD) has proliferated in a variety of settings over the past four decades. Aimed at promoting intergroup understanding and social justice through perspective taking across groups, IGD relies on the assumption that the structure provided by trained facilitators and codified sets of ground rules can mitigate some of the inequities in otherwise distorted communication. This analysis explores and problematizes this assumption based on (1) the culturally loaded nature of “respect” and other relevant concepts, (2) the unrealistic and inappropriate goal of the “safe space,” and (3) the differential challenges faced by members of dominant and marginalized groups, respectively. The paper concludes with recommendations for the establishment of dialogue norms.
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