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1711 - Australia: People of African descent living under siege of racism, say UN experts
Africans and people of African descent are exposed to multi-faceted forms of racial discrimination, xenophobia and systemic racism in all spheres of predominantly ‘white’ Australia, says Catherine Namakula, Chair of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent.
2520 - Asad Khan (he/him) en X
@eveosh @gmcuk Left in March after 9 years of working full time in the NHS. RACISM and DISCRIMINATION has a lot to do with IMGs like me leaving NHS
2993 - May Likes Toronto: "Some years ago, I made it past…" - disabled.social
Some years ago, I made it past a round of layoffs. I started counting who got let go. At least 70% of them were POCs. Most of the 30% of white people were about to retire and packaged out early. Definitely not representative of the company's demographics. When I brought this up: - "I don't believe in affirmative action." 🤔 - "We even cleared the list with our lawyers!" 😑 - "But *I* am not racist!" 🙈 Honey, this is why it's called Systemic Racism.
4998 - moebee2
This is a former Google and Facebook software engineering manager. These are his views on BLM and racism in the US. At top tech companies, Black people consistently make up less than 3% of engineers. Why is diversity and Black retention so low? Because these are our managers. https://t.co/5cGzDLjKIZ
5008 - KimCrayton1
I don’t believe in D&I positions 1. It’s silo rather than a systems thinking 2. These individuals RARELY have the resources, autonomy or authority to do anything for substantive change 3. Burnout/through rate is high 4. I’m focused on changing an INDUSTRY, not one company https://t.co/rrZro3FJUT
6172 - KimCrayton1
Hey white folx...don’t get tired now This is the real work It’s one thing to ban the confederate flag... quite another to change the hearts and minds of a openly racist fan base https://t.co/E93vt6YcYT
6398 - ThePurplePage
I am so thankful for the people who came into the #BLACKandSTEM community because, while we like to think it comes down to one person with things like this, it just doesn't. Plus, @DNLee5 @DrRubidium @IBJIYONGI @HeyDrWilson @NSTNSorg had blazed space and continue to.
7783 - The colonial urge to whitewash literally every inch of this city is real. How about naming a Belmore Park or central station after Uncle Archie Roach, or, erecting a statue of Mum Shirl, a woman wh...
10856 - LIVE: Israel kills over 70 in Gaza as 549 killed seeking aid in past month | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
Breaking the Silence, a rights group formed by veterans of Israel’s armed forces that now monitor abuses of Palestinians in the occupied territory, said the deadly attack by Israeli settlers on the West Bank village of Kafr Malek followed a “routine”.
First, the settlers arrived and destroyed Palestinian property on Wednesday and shot at residents.
Then the Israeli military arrived close on the heels of the settlers.
When Palestinian residents of the town attempted to protect their h...