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Anti-Racism DEI Theory Ethnographic Essay

Diversity trainers can’t cure cancer.

So you’re doing some implicit bias training? I’ll bet you haven’t thought much about what that means. In 2019, the Board of Education in premier Kansas City suburban school district voted to reject a $97,000 “Equity Work Consulting Agreement” with Educational Equity Consultants. The Board rejected that they “needed” any advanced training in bias awareness. Bias training does not […]

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Anti-Racism Ethnographic Essay UX Research

If anti-racism isn’t part of your design process, stop saying you practice human-centered design.

Hi, I’m Kyle Rezac-Dennis. Like many others, I unequivocally support the policy agenda for the post-Ferguson Black liberation movement advanced by the Movement for Black Lives, including all 2020 Policy Platforms and I also happen to be a product designer. Can you honestly say you’re practicing human-centered design if you’re not also practicing anti-racism on a daily […]

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Anti-Racism DEI Theory Ethnographic Essay

How white people talk about DEI hiring when Black folks aren’t in the room.