What is it about?
The growing anti-racism movement sparked conversations within science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) surrounding ways to combat racial bias in our respective fields. While participating in these discussions, we noticed a set of standard arguments against anti-racism action within STEMM. Ten of these arguments are laid out in this manuscript and paired with evidence-based counterarguments.
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Why is it important?
Our broad goal is to facilitate more productive conversations (and, in turn, tangible systemic changes) toward addressing racial discrimination within STEMM.
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Writing this article with our incredible team of coauthors was a highlight of my career. We hope that its contents will be useful for others working to implement anti-racism initiatives within academic institutions.
Maya L Gosztyla
University of California San Diego
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This page is a summary of: Responses to 10 common criticisms of anti-racism action in STEMM, PLoS Computational Biology, July 2021, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009141.
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