Academia needs institutional change to dismantle systemic racism.
Putting our training to practice, a committed group of @oiioxford students wrote a document w concrete recs calling for institutional change, dismantling systemic inequities & anti-Blackness in our department.
Putting our training to practice, a committed group of @oiioxford students wrote a document w concrete recs calling for institutional change, dismantling systemic inequities & anti-Blackness in our department.
This document, signed by 150+ students and faculty, is the result of that hard work. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScm8uANLU82FnRacOOoHf5NfsWMqdiN1ARk-OHjWjpyw5R7Xw/viewform
It contains 3 specific steps that departments should take right now: 1. representational, 2. epistemological and 3. structural concerns.
and builds on the work of scholars like @SaraNAhmed @safiyanoble @ruha9 @citeblackwomen @black_in_ai
& many many others
and builds on the work of scholars like @SaraNAhmed @safiyanoble @ruha9 @citeblackwomen @black_in_ai
& many many others
It also includes, as we are PhDs bringing the receipts, an extensively annotated bibliography.
Feel free to use this template or reach out!
Feel free to use this template or reach out!
Ping: @turinginst @AdaLovelaceInst @DataJusticeLab @datasociety @data_ctive @AINowInstitute @UtrechtUni @rcalo @linnetelwin @sedyst @mikarv @farbandish @FiekeJ @PJLeerssen
See also the great thread of @nahema_marchal https://twitter.com/nahema_marchal/status/1272822341454696448?s=20