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Talking with policy guru Heather McGhee about how racism keeps us from having nice things, why the portals of disinformation need to be shut down, and how America can save itself in the Biden era
While it’s important for all folks to stop centering the emotions of white people in our activism and in our lives, it’s also important for you, and all white people, to be able to process your emotions.
The Martyr, the Innocent, the Empath, the Action Star, and the Professor.
WhiteAccomplices, Curated by Jonathan Osler: "Opportunities for White People in the Fight for Racial Justice: Moving from Actor to Ally to Accomplice."
With the international conversation focused on #MeToo/#YoTambien/#BalanceTonPorc and issues of sexual violence, more people are looking for solutions to put an end to sexual harassment and assault. Lu
Don't even think about calling anyone/anything your spirit animal.
BREAKING FREE OF OLD PATTERNS
Nature - Offering support to female colleagues can trigger a culture change that makes science and engineering more equitable for all.
When internet trolls tried to detract from Katherine Bouman's rise to stardom for her role in creating the first image of a black hole, her colleague quickly shut them down.
A DataCamp executive committed sexual misconduct. DataCamp admitted this in its own post. There must be consequences for executives for such conduct. Don't take my course, or any DataCamp course, if you can avoid it. (Note There are lots of updates herein.)
Harvey Mudd College is known as a powerhouse in engineering and computer science—but like those fields, it has struggled historically with recruiting ...
Men are sharing examples of how they step up and step in when they see problematic behaviors in their peers, and people are here for it.Twitter user "feminist next door" posed an inquiry to her followers, asking "good guys" to share times they saw misogyny or predatory behavior and did something abo...
Many people documenting microaggressions in higher ed, faced with the resultant backlash, found that their institutions were not ready to back them up. At the 2018 American Library Association annual convention, a panel titled “Bullying, Trolling, and Doxxing, Oh My! Protecting our Advocacy and Public Discourse around Diversity and Social Justice” examined that gap.
Amplify women and POC.
A clever experiment with Twitter bots shows that telling people not to be racist can work—but only if it comes from someone influential and white.
The topic of bad “allies” has come up a lot lately. Some people want to know how to identify bad allies. Others want to know if they are…