Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Volume 39 Issue 7

Black lives matter: On the denial of systemic racism, White liberals, and polite racism

Eddy S. Ng, Andrew Lam

Black lives matter…still: moving beyond acknowledging the problem toward effective solutions in graduate training and education

Kecia Thomas, Leslie Ashburn-Nardo

The aim of the study is to revisit the importance of Black Lives Matter (BLM) and to encourage more attention to White supremacy in the academy, especially with regards to the…

Anti-blackness, surface-level diversity continues to matter: what must we do?

Myrtle P. Bell

This paper discusses the author's perceptions of anti-blackness, her research on “surface-level” diversity and her recommendations for faculty, administrators and allies.

Winning and losing at the same time

Patrick F. McKay

The purpose of the paper is to summarize the author’s negative experiences with police. The author seeks to enlighten readers to the differential experiences of blacks and whites…

A death in the family: a metaphor about race and police brutality

Derek R. Avery, Enrica N. Ruggs

This essay was written in response to the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Rayshard Brooks by police in 2020 and the surge of social justice protests they helped to…

Anti-racist actions and accountability: not more empty promises

C. Malik Boykin, N. Derek Brown, James T. Carter, Kristin Dukes, Dorainne J. Green, Timothy Harrison, Mikki Hebl, Asia McCleary-Gaddy, Ashley Membere, Cordy A. McJunkins, Cortney Simmons, Sarah Singletary Walker, Alexis Nicole Smith, Amber D. Williams

The current piece summarizes five critical points about racism from the point of view of Black scholars and allies: (1) Black people are experiencing exhaustion from and…

Access to justice as a human right, organizational entitlement and precursor to diversity and inclusion

Quinetta Roberson

In the wake of the death of George Floyd in the United States, many corporate leaders have released statements condemning racism and police brutality and committed their…

The right to breathe: a sociological commentary on racialized injustice, borders and violence

Paulette Ann Meikle

This article is a commentary on the structure, context and unsettling circumstances of prejudice, discrimination, racial violence and injustice in the contemporary US.

Police brutality and four other ways racism kills Black people

Oscar Holmes IV

This article was written in response to the #BlackLivesMatter social justice protests that erupted around the world in response to the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and…

Intersecting viruses: a clarion call for a new direction in diversity theorizing

Stella M. Nkomo

The purpose of this article is to provoke diversity scholars to think about the implications of the confluence of the racial disparities in the effects of the Coronavirus and the…