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The time tax put on scientists of colour

The pressure on researchers from ethnic minority groups to participate in campus diversity issues comes at a cost.
  1. Virginia Gewin

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

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As universities examine faculty diversity amid global protests against institutional racism, they might want to consider that many Black and minority-ethnic academics are routinely asked to undertake extra, uncompensated work to address the issue at their institutions.

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Nature 583, 479-481 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01920-6

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