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== Examples of anti-racism ==
== Examples of anti-racism ==
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'''Learning about, and actively working to identify and challenge, racial inequities'''
'''Learning about, and actively working to identify and challenge, racial inequities'''
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*<span>&nbsp;Racism is a part of all of our systems, including for example health care, criminal justice, income and employment, education and housing. <ref>https://mashable.com/article/how-to-be-antiracist</ref> <br></span>
*<span>&nbsp;Racism is a part of all of our systems, including for example health care, criminal justice, income and employment, education and housing. <ref>https://mashable.com/article/how-to-be-antiracist</ref> <br></span>
*<span>One must learn about the history, impacts and/or experiences of racism.</span><br>
*<span>One must learn about the history, impacts and/or experiences of racism.</span><br>
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'''Seek out media which challenges notions of race and culture'''
'''Seek out media which challenges notions of race and culture'''
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*TV might include the Netflix series "Dear White People"
*TV might include the Netflix series "Dear White People"
*Anti-racist podcasts listens include
*Anti-racist podcasts listens include
*Anti-racist literature includes
*Anti-racist literature includes
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'''Organizing against racism'''
'''Organizing against racism'''
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*Fighting for equity, often in the form of a complete overhaul of our current systems (see [[abolition]]) and challenging the ways certain groups are disadvantaged is anti-racist work.
*Fighting for equity, often in the form of a complete overhaul of our current systems (see [[abolition]]) and challenging the ways certain groups are disadvantaged is anti-racist work.
*Abolishing systems that perpetuate racism and building transformative systems that centre care is anti-racist work. See [[transformative justice]] for further examples.
*Abolishing systems that perpetuate racism and building transformative systems that centre care is anti-racist work. See [[transformative justice]] for more.
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Revision as of 21:20, 28 October 2022

Anti-racism is "the work of actively opposing racism by advocating for changes in political, economic, and social life. Anti-racism tends to be an individualized approach, and set up in opposition to individual racist behaviors and impacts." -Center for Racial Justice Innovation


Examples of anti-racism

Learning about, and actively working to identify and challenge, racial inequities

  •  Racism is a part of all of our systems, including for example health care, criminal justice, income and employment, education and housing. [1]
  • One must learn about the history, impacts and/or experiences of racism.

Seek out media which challenges notions of race and culture

  • TV might include the Netflix series "Dear White People"
  • Anti-racist podcasts listens include
  • Anti-racist literature includes

Organizing against racism

  • Fighting for equity, often in the form of a complete overhaul of our current systems (see abolition) and challenging the ways certain groups are disadvantaged is anti-racist work.
  • Abolishing systems that perpetuate racism and building transformative systems that centre care is anti-racist work. See transformative justice for more.


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