Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Volume 40 Issue 1

Whiteness in academia, time to listen, and moving beyond White fragility

Kimberly A. Bates, Eddy S. Ng

From slavery and colonialism to Black Lives Matter: new mood music or more fundamental change?

Nelarine Cornelius

2020 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-Jones

The 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. Waldron

The 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 Hylton

In 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. Ali

The 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. Murrell

The 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. Shorish

The 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 Grace

The 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 Roberts

Black people, as members of a historically underrepresented and marginalized racial identity group in the workplace, are often confronted with identity references – face-to-face…