The Ethical Sellout, Lily Zheng
The Ethical Sellout, Lily Zheng
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The Ethical Sellout
Maintaining Your Integrity in the Age of Compromise

Author: Lily Zheng, Inge Hansen

Narrator: Tiffany Williams

Unabridged: 5 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 10/29/2019


Synopsis

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!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Richard on June 21, 2020

This was a different book from the one I expected from the title, but none the worse for that. I enjoyed this kind piece of easy-to-read writing. The phrase "the ethical sellout" is not, as I expected an exploration of how people sellout their ethics and it is not a criticism of people for doing so.......more

Goodreads review by David on September 15, 2019

Lily Zheng and Inge Hausen have written a new guidebook on the importance of managing and maintaining one's integrity as we work to navigate what they call "the age of compromise". I coach LGBTQ Leaders and Professionals on the importance of being truly authentic to oneself in all aspects of life. Z......more

Goodreads review by Adriana Machado on February 02, 2021

Great blueprint Great blueprint for moving forward in a modern world. The stories surprised me in the most pleasant way and I gained a lot of great perspectives as well as personal guidance and reassurance that there are strong, authentic leaders out there with amplified voices.......more

Goodreads review by Christina on January 02, 2020

This book CHANGEd my way of reflecting on everyday sellouts. If you want to learn to be more gentle with yourself when facing impossible decisions, read this book and learn about the importance of Compassion, Honesty, Accountability, Nuance, Growth, and Exploration!......more

Goodreads review by Maija on August 03, 2020

Should be required reading for people who want to be better people.......more