Wrote about econ and diversity this week. So.

Time for some reading and some following...

1/ @NinaEBanks https://twitter.com/Nina_EBanks/status/1271841041973424129
2/ @TrevonDLogan https://twitter.com/TrevonDLogan/status/1274426285327093762
3/ @RhondaVSharpe https://twitter.com/RhondaVSharpe/status/1274868159342874626
4/ @RevBlkPolEcon https://twitter.com/RevBlkPolEcon/status/1250936763884937218
5/ @WSpriggs (and do read his letter) https://twitter.com/WSpriggs/status/1270702089228992514
6/ @drlisadcook https://www.npr.org/2020/06/11/875445743/story-of-a-paper
Story Of A Paper : The Indicator from Planet Money

Why a groundbreaking paper by Lisa Cook on the effects of racist violence took ten years to get published.

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/11/875445743/story-of-a-paper
7/ @DaniaFrancis https://twitter.com/DaniaFrancis/status/1237036541794533379
8/ The @SadieCollective ( @itsafronomics & @TheFantaTraore) has a letter to economists here with demands https://twitter.com/itsafronomics/status/1271473988544454656
9/ A list of 19 black economists to follow https://fortune.com/2020/06/19/black-economists-fixing-systemic-racism-juneteenth/
19 Black economists to celebrate and know, this Juneteenth and beyond

Black scholars are underrepresented in economics, but their insights are sorely needed to shape better public policy for all Americans.

https://fortune.com/2020/06/19/black-economists-fixing-systemic-racism-juneteenth/
10/ This from @MarioLuisSmall https://twitter.com/AEAjournals/status/1275755533257990149
11/ check out how (not) diverse economics seminars are
https://econseminardiversity.shinyapps.io/EconSeminarDiversity/
12/ You can read @AEACSMGEP's latest report on diversity within the profession here: https://www.aeaweb.org/content/file?id=11547
12/ You can read @AEACSMGEP's latest report on diversity within the profession here: https://www.aeaweb.org/content/file?id=11547
12/ You can read @AEACSMGEP's latest report on diversity within the profession here: https://www.aeaweb.org/content/file?id=11547
12/ You can read @AEACSMGEP's latest report on diversity within the profession here: https://www.aeaweb.org/content/file?id=11547
13/ And after you've done the following and reading, you can read my piece here https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/06/27/economists-grapple-with-their-race-problem
Economists grapple with their race problem

Greater openness to people and ideas should enhance their understanding of the world

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/06/27/economists-grapple-with-their-race-problem
14/ Apologies - an important addition, which is the @NEAEcon anti-racism statement

https://www.neaecon.org/nea-anti-racism-statement/
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