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What Black scientists want from colleagues and their institutions

Frustrated and exhausted by systemic racism in the science community, Black researchers outline steps for action.
  1. Virginia Gewin

    1. Virginia Gewin is a freelance writer in Portland, Oregon.

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Black academics are calling out racism in science, recounting behaviours ranging from overt acts to micro-aggressions, using social-media hashtags such as #BlackInTheIvory.

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Nature 583, 319-322 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01883-8

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