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Racism and harassment are common in field research — scientists are speaking up

Researchers call on universities to offer inclusive policies that make fieldwork safer.
  1. Giuliana Viglione
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Josh Anadu had been at the receiving end of uncomfortable stares before. As a Black environmental-science undergraduate, he had become “pretty used to” being regarded with suspicion while collecting field data in the predominantly white areas surrounding his institution, Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. But he never expected to come face-to-face with white supremacists.

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Nature 585, 15-16 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02328-y

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