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Elevate, don’t assimilate, to revolutionize the experience of scientists who are Black, Indigenous and people of color.

Halsey, S.J., L.R. Strickland, M. Scott-Richardson, T. Perrin-Stowe, & L. Massenburg. 2020. Elevate, don’t assimilate, to revolutionize the experience of scientists who are Black, Indigenous and people of color. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4: 1291–1293. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01297-9 

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The elephant in the room: Race and STEM diversity

This paper summarizes important issues that influence recruitment and retention and offers strategies that can improve recruitment and retention of faculty of color.

Miriti, M. N. (2020). The elephant in the room: race and STEM diversity. BioScience70(3), 237-242.

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Undergraduate Research Experiences Broaden Diversity in the Scientific Workforce

A Washington Post Article by Michael E. Ruane

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Ten simple rules for building an antiracist lab

This paper presents 10 rules to help labs develop antiracists policies and action in an effort to promote racial and ethnic diversity, equity, and inclusion in science.

Chaudhary, V.B., and A.A. Berhe. 2020. Ten simple rules for building an antiracist lab. PLoS Computational Biology 16: e1008210. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008210 

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Linnaeus and Race

"One of the origins of scientific racism can be traced to Linnaeus’ work on the classification of man, which had devastating and far-reaching consequences for humanity." Posted by the The Linnean Society website by Dr Isabelle Charmantier, Head of Collections. This article also links to a video and an easy-read version on the subject. 

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