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Anti-Racism Guide

Actively acknowledge and identify barriers faced by racialized persons.

  • Racialized employees often endure an emotional tax with negative impacts on wellbeing, health, and the ability to thrive at work (Catalyst).
  • Being an anti-racist is different from being “not a racist,” and the difference is often not well understood.
  • There is no one-size-fits-all approach to anti-racism.

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Our Advice

Critical Insight

  • Anti-racism is an active process that acknowledges and addresses barriers faced by racialized persons.
  • Understanding the lived experiences of racialized persons and addressing barriers experienced by racialized persons are the two keys to anti-racism practice.
  • Everyone’s experiences are valid and unique, and listening to those experiences helps us better understand them.

Impact and Result

  • This guide is intended to be shared with any employees within your organization.
  • It will provide more detail about what it means to be, and how you can be, anti-racist.

Anti-Racism Guide Research & Tools

1. Share the Anti-Racism Guide

Use this guide as a starting point for learning how to understand the lived experiences of racialized persons and confront barriers experienced by racialized persons, the two keys to anti-racism practice.

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  • Call 1: Use the Anti-Racism Guide to provide information to employees and start a conversation in your organization about what it means to be anti-racist.