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“What I’ve realized is that after three years we have made absolutely no dent on this issue at all. What’s happened instead is that these companies are relying on our free labor to flag this up for them and they’re not doing anything.” Nandini Jammi is co-founder at Sleeping Giants, the campaign to […]

Things to remember about engaging as a #causeascene community member: There’s no “I’m not racist.” There’s ONLY racist and antiracist. An antiracist strategy isn’t about equality, it’s about equity. It is about actually discrimination against the interests of the privileged, in favor of prioritizing the most vulnerable I’m not here to rehabilitate or […]

Sexuality  Queer Racism: A powerful collection of racist policies that lead to inequity between race-sexualities and are substantiated by racist ideas about race-sexualities.  Queer Antiracism: A powerful collection of racist policies that lead to equity between race-sexualities and are substantiated by antiracist ideas about race-sexualities.  Homework Page 196: Dr. Kendi uses the word […]

“I honestly think that fairness just in terms of everybody having the same or some equal thing. I don’t think that’s realistic and I don’t think we’ll ever get there. I don’t think that is possible.” Aniyia Williams is a creator, inventor and tech changemaker. She is a co-founder of Zebras Unite, an […]

Gender Gender Racism: A powerful collection of racist policies that lead to inequity between race-gender and are substantiated by racist ideas about race-gender. Gender Antiracism: A powerful collection of antiracist policies that lead to equity between race-gender and are substantiated by antiracist ideas about race-gender. Homework Page 186: Part 1– Find a recent […]

“A lot of these schools don’t even have instructors, right. A lot them are project-based…it’s just like, ya know, figure it out by yourself.” Dr. Kate M. Miltner is a TRAIN@Ed Postdoctoral Fellow at the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh. She received her PhD from the Annenberg School […]

Space Space Racism: A powerful collection of racist policies that lead to resource inequity between racialized spaces or the elimination of certain racialized spaces, which are substatiated by racist ideas about racialized spaces. Space Antiracism: A powerful collection of antiracist policies that lead to racial equity between integrated and protected racialized spaces, which […]

“I’m actually working on a book right now…I’m calling it ‘From Barbecue Beckys to Pink Pussy Hats’ – calling out white women and white feminists, because we white women have got some work to do.” Jessie Daniels, PhD is Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and at The Graduate Center, CUNY (Sociology and […]

Class Class Racist: One who is racializing the classes, supporting policies of racial capitalism against those race-classes, and justifying them by racist ideas about those race classes. Antiracist Anticapitalist: One who is opposing racial capitalism.  Homework Page 152: Make a list of as many policies, you can think of or find, that function […]

“There are people who have dropped out and gotten multiple jobs, got part time jobs and gotten up to that $40K threshold just barely and the ISA kicks in. And they’re up shit’s creek because they have to pay it. There’s no way out, or no way out that any of us can […]