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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> 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> 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 | *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
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Learning about, and actively working to identify and challenge, racial inequities |
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Seek out media which challenges notions of race and culture |
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Organizing against racism |
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