Racism Must Stop

Racism Must Stop

The reasons and ways to fight racism

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Learn to recognize and understand your own privilege

Validate the experiences and feelings of people of color

Examine your own biases and consider where they may have originated

Challenge the “colorblind” ideology

Call out racist “jokes” or statements

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Find out how your company or school works to expand opportunities for people of color
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Introduction

The beauty of anti-racism is that you don’t have to pretend to be free of racism to be anti-racist. Anti-racism is the commitment to fight racism wherever you find it, including in yourself. And it’s the only way forward!

Learn to recognize and understand your own privilege

“Injustice for one is injustice for all” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

First Attention

One of the first steps to eliminating racial discrimination is learning to recognize and understand your own privilege. Racial privilege plays out across social, political, economic, and cultural environments. Checking your privilege and using your privilege to dismantle systemic racism are two ways to begin this complex process.

Second Attention

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However, race is only one aspect of privilege. Religion, gender, sexuality, ability-status, socio-economic status, language, and citizenship status can all affect your level of privilege.

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Using the privileges that you have to collectively empower others requires first being aware of those privileges and acknowledging their implications. Learn more about the many types of privilege.

Dare to enter the darkness to bring the other person to the light.

Examine your own biases and consider where they may have originated

What messages did you receive as a kid about people who are different from you? What was the racial and/or ethnic make-up of your neighborhood, school, or religious community? Why do you think that was the case? These experiences produce and reinforce bias, stereotypes, and prejudice, which can lead to discrimination. Examining our own biases can help us work to ensure equality for all.

— Ban Ki-moon (eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations)

“Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike”

A picture is worth a thousand words

A picture is worth a thousand words

Validate the experiences and feelings of people of color

Actions against racism and discrimination

Another way to address bias and recognize privilege is to support the experiences of other people and engage in tough conversations about race and injustice. We cannot be afraid to discuss oppression and discrimination for fear of “getting it wrong.” Take action by learning about the ways that racism continues to affect our society. For example, by watching documentaries, such as 13th, or reading books, such as Americanah or Hidden Figures.*

Jenna Smith

“Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and also the smallest one in the Solar System”

“Neptune is the farthest planet from the Sun and the fourth-largest in the Solar System!”

Challenge the “colorblind” ideology

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Susan Bones

23 year-old. The student of Stanford University. She wants to be professional doctor in the future. In addition, she has so many friends with black skin.

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25 year-old. The student of Stanford University. He wants to be great teacher in the future. In addition, he has a lot of friends with white skin.

Timmy Jimmy

Call out racist “jokes” or statements

Let people know that racist comments are not okay. If you are not comfortable or do not feel safe being confrontational, try to break down their thought process and ask questions. For example, “That joke doesn’t make sense to me, could you explain it?” Or “You may be kidding, but this is what it means when you say that type of thing.” 

Find out how your company or school works to expand opportunities for people of color

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Systemic racism means that there are barriers – including wealth disparities, criminal justice bias, and education and housing discrimination – that stack the deck against people of color in the workplace or at school. For example, the African American Policy Forum (AAPF) reported that in 2014, a 12-year-old girl faced criminal charges, in addition to expulsion from school, for writing “hi” on a locker room wall. Their campaign, #BlackGirlsMatter, addresses the issues of overpoliced and underprotected Black girls within the education system. It is important for companies and schools to address these issues and promote a culture of equity.

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Thanks!

Do you have any questions?

Farrux Mirzayev