Anti-racism

Anti-racism demonstrators at a 2020 George Floyd protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
The 1963 March on Washington participants and leaders marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial

Anti-racism encompasses a range of ideas and political actions which are meant to counter racial prejudice, systemic racism, and the oppression of specific racial groups. Anti-racism is usually structured around conscious efforts and deliberate actions which are intended to create equal opportunities for all people on both an individual and a systemic level. As a philosophy, it can be engaged in by the acknowledgment of personal privileges, confronting acts as well as systems of racial discrimination and/or working to change personal racial biases.[1] Major contemporary anti-racism efforts include the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement[2] and workplace anti-racism.[3]

  1. ^ "Being Antiracist". National Museum of African American History and Culture. 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  2. ^ Clayton, Dewey M. (July 2018). "Black Lives Matter and the Civil Rights Movement: A Comparative Analysis of Two Social Movements in the United States". Journal of Black Studies. 49 (5): 448–480. doi:10.1177/0021934718764099. ISSN 0021-9347. S2CID 148805128.
  3. ^ Bohonos, Jeremy W.; Sisco, Stephanie (June 2021). "Advocating for social justice, equity, and inclusion in the workplace: An agenda for anti‐racist learning organizations". New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. 2021 (170): 89–98. doi:10.1002/ace.20428. ISSN 1052-2891. S2CID 240576110.