Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Volume 40 Issue 1
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An International JournalTable of contents - Special Issue: Black Lives Matter: Combatting Systemic Discrimination, Racism and Inequality
Guest Editors: Eddy S. Ng
From slavery and colonialism to Black Lives Matter: new mood music or more fundamental change?
Nelarine Cornelius2020 has proved to be a challenging year. In addition to the challenges of COVID-19, yet again, the USA has witnessed police brutality leading to the death of a Black man, George…
“The UK is not innocent”: Black Lives Matter, policing and abolition in the UK
Remi Joseph–Salisbury, Laura Connelly, Peninah Wangari-JonesThe purpose of this article is to show that racism is not only a US problem. Rather, racism is endemic and pervasive in the UK context, manifesting at every level of policing…
The wounds that do not heal: Black expendability and the traumatizing aftereffects of anti-Black police violence
Ingrid R.G. WaldronThe murders of Black people at the hands of police in 2020 have led to global protests that have called on public officials to defund or abolish the police. What has been drowned…
Black Lives Matter in sport…?
Kevin HyltonIn this invited professional insight paper the author draws parallels between recent debates on racism, Black Lives Matter and related research in sport and cognate domains.
From “Calling in Black” to “Calling for Antiracism Resources”: the need for systemic resources to address systemic racism
Courtney L. McCluney, Danielle D. King, Courtney M. Bryant, Abdifatah A. AliThe purpose of this essay is to highlight the urgent need for antiracism resource generation in organizations today.
Why someone did not stop them? Aversive racism and the responsibility of bystanders
Audrey J. MurrellThe purpose of this paper is to examine whether the impact of persistent racial bias, discrimination and racial violence is facilitated by otherwise well-intentioned individuals…
Struggling to breathe: COVID-19, protest and the LIS response
Amelia N. Gibson, Renate L. Chancellor, Nicole A. Cooke, Sarah Park Dahlen, Beth Patin, Yasmeen L. ShorishThe purpose of this article is to provide a follow up to “Libraries on the Frontlines: Neutrality and Social Justice,” which was published here in 2017. It addresses institutional…
Organizing so Black Lives Matter
Courtney Cole, Audrey GraceThe purpose of this paper is to respond to racial injustice and white supremacy, within the context of ongoing Black Lives Matter activism against police brutality through public…
Fumbling in relationships across difference: the potential spiraling effects of a single racial identity reference at work
Sandra E. Cha, Stephanie J. Creary, Laura Morgan RobertsBlack people, as members of a historically underrepresented and marginalized racial identity group in the workplace, are often confronted with identity references – face-to-face…
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