"Our goal as mathematicians should be making the large majority of what we do antiracist." -Dr. Erica Graham in the Hrabowski-Gates-Tapia-McBay lecture #JMM2021

"The popular metrics [used to evaluate people who do math] are flawed and inherently racist because they...disproportionately benefit people with white and socioeconomic privilege."

Who should do antiracism work in math? The "comfortable" and "uncomfortable" answers. "Uncomfortable": not the Black, Indigenous, or Latinx mathematicians that are already doing the invisibilized labor of living through the current system

"...diversity, equity, and inclusion...are not an appropriate surrogate for antiracist work."

Characteristics of white supremacy culture in math (Jones & Okun):
○ Perfectionism
○ Defensiveness (as response to newer/challenging ideas)
○ Only one right way (when we teach students using banking model)
○ Objectivity (the belief it exists)

"Let's not wait for the next tragedy [Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery...] before we act with purpose."

We should be graduating/training antiracist mathematicians instead of "wait[ing] for the most disenfranchised of individuals to do the work, whilst judging their value using a racist metric [e.g. in tenure decisions]"

"Antiracist work should be done off the stage. Performative antiracism is insulting, transparent, and racist."

"Action doesn't alter the success of those in power; inaction hinders the success of those without power."

"Use your privilege to amplify unheard voices even when no one is listening."

"Mathematicians...eat difficulty for breakfast and the impossible for lunch. Don't tell me it can't be done."

How to do antiracist work: "comfortable: a la Kendi, identify, describe, and dismantle. Uncomfortable: don't be racist. 'Racist' is an adjective, not an insult. Disrupt the status quo. Acknowledge & compensate the worth of Black+Indigenous folx."

*work