How do you bring up race and racism in a psychiatric encounter in a way that builds trust with your patient?   

Conversations about race, identity, and systemic inequities can be crucial to understanding a patient’s experiences. Yet clinicians may hesitate to “broach” these topics for fear of saying the wrong thing or disrupting rapport. In your practice, how do you decide when and how to raise race as a topic of discussion? What approaches have you found most helpful for introducing the topic in a patient-centered and collaborative way?