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Apr 2, 2021 • 9 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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POC have been left reeling from the gaslighting and historical revisionism in #SewellReport.

Our lived experiences of institutional racism is being denied, and our reality questioned.

White people, it's time to use your power and privilege to push back

⬇️⬇️⬇️ Text post: white people, now is the time to use your power a
Silence is not an option, we need everyone to push back against the narrative of racism denial - and do the work of building a truly anti-racist Britain.

Here are three things you can do in coming days, weeks, and months. Text post: you cannot stand by whilst this racism denialism
1️⃣ Acknowledge that institutional racism exists in our society, our institutions, your organisation, and in the charity sector.

True anti-racism work starts with acknowledging how these structures operate in your org and addressing past harm. Text post: 1. Acknowledge that institutional racism exists i
2️⃣ Centre the voices of people of colour in your organisations and in all your anti-racist work.

Truly value their lived experience of racism.

Really listen to their stories and to the changes they need to see.

Work *with* them to build that anti-racist future. Text post: 2. Centre the voices of people of colour in your
3️⃣ Push for senior leadership to implement anti-racist policies, practices, and cultures in your organisation.

Ensure that these are all co-created in a collaborative way that reflects on and addresses past harms.

Build buy-in through open and honest conversations on racism. Text post: push for senior leadership to implement antiracis
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Protect P-O-C,
Easy as 1, 2, 3,
"pull up" said Riri,
POC, 123, pay the fee, VCSEs

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Oh, and -

antiracismdaily.com/archives/learn…

via @nicolecardoza
It's #BlackPoundDay, buy @EmmaDabiri's book "What White People Can Do Next" from a Black-owned bookshop

"Dear Nice White People, its time for you to honestly answer the question, “What are you afraid of?” because there is a reason you are scared to speak up and its not some vague notion of inability."

@austinchanning austinchanning.substack.com/p/dear-nice-wh…

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Jun 22, 2021
We're pleased to have contributed to this special edition of @IPPR, guest edited by the amazing @raceontheagenda and @raceequality.

In our article "Building a More Equitable Charity Sector" @Kadra_A_, @emekaforbes, and Ayesha Gardiner look at the work charity leaders must do.
We know that charities have a problem with racism. But too often we avoid conversations about how institutional racism operates within our organisations. Instead of challenging racism, these structures of oppression are often alive and well across the sector. Image
This doesn't just impact the experiences POC have in the workplace, it impacts the work that we do. As we don't talk about racism in the workplace we can find that charities approaches, methodologies, and cultures are rooted in racism. We must do better than this. Image
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Apr 1, 2021
We back @AkikoMHart completely, and applaud her courage in sharing this with @ThirdSector ❤️

The funder-fundee relationship should not require endangering yourself by staying silent in the face of dehumanising treatment.

Who will join Akiko in speaking?

thirdsector.co.uk/akiko-hart-lin…
The #RaceReport's historical revisionism of the UK's role in enslavement as the "Caribbean experience" is even more chilling when the Chair of NLCF - a co-opted member of the report’s commissioning team - is in a group representing plantation owners

How the Chair of NLCF's other org describes itself:

"...commenced life as a trade association during the infamous era of slavery. The original members...interests were largely aligned with the pro-slavery movement"

westindiacommittee.org/about-us/

INFAMOUS??? PRO-SLAVERY MEMBERS?? 🗑️🗑️
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Mar 31, 2021
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"The very serious function of racism is distraction"

There's no clearer example of these distraction tactics than the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities Report, which alleges they couldn't find any evidence of structural racism faced by racialised groups in the UK
The inquiry's results are not surprising to us.

We are just (perpetually) disappointed.

We want the charity sector taking the lead in rooting out racism in society - especially in responding to this report.
Racism is a high-rise house of cards built on the pillars of Ideology, Institutions, Interpersonal, and Internalisation.

There is no neat parcel the many manifestations of racism can be packaged up into, and if there was, there'd still be no recipient willing to sign for it.
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Jun 5, 2020
It's very interesting to see how all these orgs are using their platforms this week to show solidarity to the #BlackLivesMatter movement - but are they just playing lip-service? Here is what POC in the sector have been experiencing this week - a thread.

Listen, Reflect & Act!
#CharitySoWhite is our having to emotionally cope with the deafening silence from CEOs who we have worked with (for free) for the last six months that told us they were committed to root out institutional racism.
#CharitySoWhite is when a white manager tells a zoom call of staff to not let the ‘hot topic of racism’ take focus away from the important issues right now.
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Dec 18, 2019
(1/4) There are several problematic assumptions made in this piece that we disagree with, but we want to respond to the two key points:

1. This article makes sweeping generalisations about the working class (which btw also includes BAME people).
(2/4) This ‘woke’ narrative seems to be the new way to shut down marginalised voices. Social conservatism is not a protected characteristic and is now represented by a majority Tory govt.
(3/4) We are extremely concerned to see this kind of divisive race & class narrative being pushed within the charity sector as an appropriate response to the election. We must recognise the complex & intersectional aspects of ethnic & working class communities.
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