Thought I'd share my (working) definition of anti-racism that I've been using in my recent talks. Feel free to use with appropriate acknowledgement.
The reason for my definition is that I found many of the existing ones incomplete or not direct enough.
The reason for my definition is that I found many of the existing ones incomplete or not direct enough.
An explanation of the emphasis. White supremacy is bolded because it is the global phenomenon that organizes racism. Words/phrases that are bold, italicized, and underlined indicate actions/processes that need to occur for antiracist praxis (in my view), and the words
that are only underlined are specific points of emphasis that further distinguish my definition. Specifically, there is a reasonable case that white supremacy "harms" white people but it is indirect and less severe than other groups. I also use the phrase harmed by
white supremacy to avoid the "what about my group?" potential exclusions that are caused when trying to identify all the relevant groups. That in and of itself is a divisive tool of white supremacy that I purposely evade. Lastly, the historical and contemporary harms are
because true anti-racism includes not just changing our present and future, but also reparations for the intergenerational and cumulative harms of the past. It also recognizes that racism and its manifestations vary in time (and space).
should also be 2022-2023 since i actually presented it at @NAPCRG 2022.
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