Antiracism

Antiracism describes any work done in support of policies, practices, and norms that promote racial equity. Taking an antiracist stance requires understanding racism as systemic, which means that it is reproduced through a complex set of social, cultural, legal, economic, and political forces. Antiracism rejects the idea that racism is a character flaw that can be defeated by focusing predominantly on changing individual attitudes. Instead, antiracist scholars and activists argue that focusing predominantly on the individual can be counterproductive because it enables, for instance, a person to claim they are "not racist" even as they promote policies or ideas that further racial inequities. To be antiracist is to take action in support of antiracist policies or to develop and share...