Thank you for saying that. I believe the first step is to have the difficult conversation and then to follow it up with action. All all white staff can only get by with words of support for so long before it’s clear that they are part of the problem.
GM! I wrote a thing. I hope you will read. The tl;dr: we can't build credible relationships with diverse audiences if we decry racism and injustice in the world, but refuse to address it in our own newsrooms. It begins with us, it begins with me:https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2020/overcoming-systemic-racism-begins-in-our-own-newsrooms/ …
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Good read. Thanks for being so open about where you're coming from and why.
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Thank you for this. As a white-passing Guatemalan-American who has wrestled with similar questions, I find the way you have written about this to be very helpful.
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Thank you for reading and sharing. Glad to be on the journey with you!
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This was an excellent read and so helpful. Curious if your mentor was
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This is so inspiring! Thank you
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Thank you so much for writing this and including actions that can and should be taken right now in all our newsrooms.
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Thank you friend!
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