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Stephen Downes

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I see this article as a natural follow-up to yesterday's post on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Racism isn't the sort of thing you can address simplky with some training courses. There needs to be a whole-of organization or whole-of society commitment. "We must dismantle systemic racism by restructuring the systems like education that allow it to be perpetuated," writes the University of Regina's Jerome Cranston. That means that we need to "understand how systemic racism is enmeshed in organizational structures, policies and practices," that "more needs to be done to attract Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals," and that "curriculum and recommended learning resources reflect the lives of Indigenous and Black students and students of colour."

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