The Ethical Sellout
The Ethical Sellout
Maintaining Your Integrity in the Age of Compromise
Edition: 1
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 29 October, 2019
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In the age of identity politics, the fear of selling out is rampant-but Zheng and Hansen say there's nothing wrong with it and show how to do it without betraying your deepest values and beliefs.
What happens when you're a proud person of color, but you fall in love with a white person? What if you don't believe in working for megacorporations, but one offers you a six-figure salary, and you have a family to feed? Will you sell out, and is that wrong?
The truth is we're all sellouts. Our life circumstances change in ways we can't predict. Offering practical assessment scenarios and hard-hitting questions, Zheng and Hansen propose new ways of authentically thinking about marginalization, privilege, and self-interest, including five key components of ethically selling out:
• Lose the purity politics-you're a human being, not a model member of a group.
• Embrace your changing identities, roles, and expectations‑-see change as growth, not betrayal.
• Maintain a sense of meaning-hang on to your personal values as you navigate life's changes.
• Seek a chosen family and community-isolation only reinforces negative reactions to selling out.
• Constantly question your world-don't accept the status quo!
What happens when you're a proud person of color, but you fall in love with a white person? What if you don't believe in working for megacorporations, but one offers you a six-figure salary, and you have a family to feed? Will you sell out, and is that wrong?
The truth is we're all sellouts. Our life circumstances change in ways we can't predict. Offering practical assessment scenarios and hard-hitting questions, Zheng and Hansen propose new ways of authentically thinking about marginalization, privilege, and self-interest, including five key components of ethically selling out:
• Lose the purity politics-you're a human being, not a model member of a group.
• Embrace your changing identities, roles, and expectations‑-see change as growth, not betrayal.
• Maintain a sense of meaning-hang on to your personal values as you navigate life's changes.
• Seek a chosen family and community-isolation only reinforces negative reactions to selling out.
• Constantly question your world-don't accept the status quo!
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In the age of identity politics, the fear of selling out is rampant-but Zheng and Hansen say there's nothing wrong with it and show how to do it without betraying your deepest values and beliefs.
What happens when you're a proud person of color, but you fall in love with a white person? What if you don't believe in working for megacorporations, but one offers you a six-figure salary, and you have a family to feed? Will you sell out, and is that wrong?
The truth is we're all sellouts. Our life circumstances change in ways we can't predict. Offering practical assessment scenarios and hard-hitting questions, Zheng and Hansen propose new ways of authentically thinking about marginalization, privilege, and self-interest, including five key components of ethically selling out:
• Lose the purity politics-you're a human being, not a model member of a group.
• Embrace your changing identities, roles, and expectations‑-see change as growth, not betrayal.
• Maintain a sense of meaning-hang on to your personal values as you navigate life's changes.
• Seek a chosen family and community-isolation only reinforces negative reactions to selling out.
• Constantly question your world-don't accept the status quo!
What happens when you're a proud person of color, but you fall in love with a white person? What if you don't believe in working for megacorporations, but one offers you a six-figure salary, and you have a family to feed? Will you sell out, and is that wrong?
The truth is we're all sellouts. Our life circumstances change in ways we can't predict. Offering practical assessment scenarios and hard-hitting questions, Zheng and Hansen propose new ways of authentically thinking about marginalization, privilege, and self-interest, including five key components of ethically selling out:
• Lose the purity politics-you're a human being, not a model member of a group.
• Embrace your changing identities, roles, and expectations‑-see change as growth, not betrayal.
• Maintain a sense of meaning-hang on to your personal values as you navigate life's changes.
• Seek a chosen family and community-isolation only reinforces negative reactions to selling out.
• Constantly question your world-don't accept the status quo!
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Framing CHANGE
- 2 The Stranger in the Mirror
- 3 In and out of the Closet
- 4 It’s Mine to Sell
- 5 The Sellout Crisis
- 6 The Greater Good
- 7 Dancing with Complicity
- 8 Seeking Balance
- 9 What Makes a Sellout?
- 10 Compassion
- 11 Honesty
- 12 Accountability
- 13 Nuance
- 14 Growth
- 15 Exploration
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Authors
Review quote
“This book is packed with wisdom that you can incorporate into your daily lives and stories that you get lost in. If you are doubting your decisions or feeling guilty for not living your truth, this book is for you. I have no doubt that everyone out there will find a story or two that resonates.”
-Sara Nasserzadeh, Senior Cultural Advisor to the United Nations
“The Ethical Sellout blows wide open the conventional understanding of what it means to ‘sell out.' Zheng and Hansen with their witty commentary, vivid storytelling, and timely suggestions for selling out ethically have written a primer for all of us looking to find our way.”
-Dereca Blackmon, Assistant Vice Provost, Diversity and Inclusion Office, Stanford University
“It is refreshing to consider the concept of selling out through a new lens and striking the balance between meeting our needs and staying true to our higher purpose. Zheng and Hansen courageously consider a question so many of us wrestle with and draw groundbreaking conclusions.”
-Jennifer Brown, CEO, Jennifer Brown Consulting; author of Inclusion and How to be an Inclusive Leader; and podcast host of The Will to Change
-Sara Nasserzadeh, Senior Cultural Advisor to the United Nations
“The Ethical Sellout blows wide open the conventional understanding of what it means to ‘sell out.' Zheng and Hansen with their witty commentary, vivid storytelling, and timely suggestions for selling out ethically have written a primer for all of us looking to find our way.”
-Dereca Blackmon, Assistant Vice Provost, Diversity and Inclusion Office, Stanford University
“It is refreshing to consider the concept of selling out through a new lens and striking the balance between meeting our needs and staying true to our higher purpose. Zheng and Hansen courageously consider a question so many of us wrestle with and draw groundbreaking conclusions.”
-Jennifer Brown, CEO, Jennifer Brown Consulting; author of Inclusion and How to be an Inclusive Leader; and podcast host of The Will to Change
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