Reverse Integration: Helping White America Join the Village

Local Portland Author! The face of America is changing. Within the next 30 years, Americans of color will become the majority. It has been said many times, across many decades, that if America is going to thrive, all Americans must learn to live and work together. Dr. Klusky believes learning to live and work together is not nearly enough. If we are to be at our best and meet the many challenges before us, we must first learn to truly connect with one another. We must develop our capacity to understand each other and develop real relationships of depth with each other. We must learn to be with one another. Historically, Americans of color have been learning how to be with white Americans since our inception, often in order to simply survive. Given that many white Americans have historically been disinterested in, and at times antagonistic towards, our citizens of color, these efforts have usually been one-sided. As a result, so many white Americans have been disconnected from their sis