In the following scenario, I intend to describe a possible cascade of events that can occur as a result of a manager using Glenn Singleton's Courageous Conversations on Race (2005, 2014) to initiate the teacher. professional development (PD). The principal encountered the first “cascade” event during the first professional development meeting, during which staff engagement was limited. The principal then noticed a second cascading event during the next PD when several disgruntled teachers made a subliminal protest by simultaneously taking a personal day to avoid attending the equity PD meeting. Indeed, the absent teachers had made other members of staff aware of their silence