I‘m exhausted. We are NOT ok. #BlackandSTEM 1/12
As a Black woman in https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇨🇦" title="Flag of Canada" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Canada"> & a PHD student in an overwhelming white space, these past few days hve been OOF. I became a robot to make deadlines & sat in meetings hiding tears as colleagues ignored the dumpster fire in https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇺🇸" title="Flag of United States" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United States"> & https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇨🇦" title="Flag of Canada" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Canada">
2/12 I don’t engage much on social media, I& #39;m also just done sharing my #BlackandSTEM story & talking about race generally. A senior academic once told me tht being a “social justice warrior” would hurt my career https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤮" title="Face vomiting" aria-label="Emoji: Face vomiting">
As I watch my community get slaughtered https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🖕🏾" title="Reversed hand with middle finger extended (medium dark skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Reversed hand with middle finger extended (medium dark skin tone)">apolitical academia
3/12 Canada is racist. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇨🇦" title="Flag of Canada" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Canada"> murders Black & Indigenous folks. Feck sake our PM can’t recall the times he’s worn blackface
In Toronto +1000 marched for anti-black racism & justice for #RegisKorchinskiPaquet don’t stop SAYING HER NAME Support @Blklivesmatter https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/thousands-rally-in-toronto-against-anti-black-anti-indigenous-racism-1.5591745">https://www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
Thousands rally in Toronto against anti-black, anti-Indigenous racism | CBC News

Thousands of people are taking part in a rally on downtown Toronto streets today in protest of what organizers describe as anti-black and anti-Indigenous racism around the world.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/thousands-rally-in-toronto-against-anti-black-anti-indigenous-racism-1.5591745
4/12 I am sacred for Black protesters during this pandemic. They will be disproportionately impacted by COVID19. The system won& #39;t save them. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇨🇦" title="Flag of Canada" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Canada"> does not collect COVID19 race based data b/c health officials are going ON RECORD saying we are “colourblind” https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-discriminates-against-black-lives-through-surveillance-policing-and-the-absence-of-health-data-135906">https://theconversation.com/coronavir...
Coronavirus discriminates against Black lives through surveillance, policing and the absence of...

Black lives are further in peril in a time of COVID-19. Subject to death on both the public health and policing fronts, we will not be silent.

https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-discriminates-against-black-lives-through-surveillance-policing-and-the-absence-of-health-data-135906
5/12 Quebec (where I live) retracted their commitment to collecting race-based data. The CAQ party are now baiting immigrants to work in UNSAFE long-term care homes for residency. It& #39;s primarily Haitians immigrants/refugees being sent to the slaughter. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/simon-jolin-barrette-immigration-chslds-orderlies-1.5588375">https://www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
After slashing immigration, Quebec turns to immigrants to fill shortage in long-term care homes |...

Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette, who cut immigration levels during the CAQ’s first year in power, has announced a plan to recruit 550 orderlies from abroad to work in the province’s...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/simon-jolin-barrette-immigration-chslds-orderlies-1.5588375
6/12 To those academics not talking about #BlackLivesMatter https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> we SEE YOU. And nah, i& #39;m not just talking about the "US context", i& #39;m talking the same colonialist *unsubtle* systemic oppression in Canada, UK... all AROUND THE WORLD.
https://twitter.com/Rosee_Syed/status/1266382382887768067
You">https://twitter.com/Rosee_Sye... an ally? Try https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏾" title="Down pointing backhand index (medium dark skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index (medium dark skin tone)">
7/12 #1. Listen (Got opinions? Keep em). Amplify your Black colleagues, students & activists. You a #Scicommer ? Here are some great threads of Black voices you can follow & add to:
Thx @DrColes6 & @EstOdek https://twitter.com/DrColes6/status/1266035040535941120">https://twitter.com/DrColes6/... https://twitter.com/EstOdek/status/1266762998951170049">https://twitter.com/EstOdek/s...
8/12 #2. Celebrate narratives of our resistance, survival, successes, community love. Don& #39;t make us a deficit.
E.g., I am bursting with pride watching the mobilization of #BlackBirdersWeek @BlackAFinSTEM @hood_naturalist @RaeWynnGrant
Donate binoculars https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏾" title="Right pointing backhand index (medium dark skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Right pointing backhand index (medium dark skin tone)"> https://www.gofundme.com/f/free-binoculars-for-black-birders">https://www.gofundme.com/f/free-bi...
9/12 #3. Sign petitions and donate your $$$.
Here is a list of https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇨🇦" title="Flag of Canada" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Canada"> resources https://tinyurl.com/supportBlackcommunitiesCanada
&">https://tinyurl.com/supportBl... you can seek out many in the US (if you can help bail protesters & provide legal feeshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (medium dark skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (medium dark skin tone)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏾" title="Raising hands (medium dark skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (medium dark skin tone)">)

#4. VOTE. VOTE. VOTE. Black women cannot save you if you don& #39;t show up.
Resources for non-Black folks to support Black communities in Canada

Resources for non-Black folks to support Black communities in Canada Thank you to the Black womxn in “Millennial Womxn in Policy” for sharing about these Black-led organizations in Canada as well as...

https://tinyurl.com/supportBlackcommunitiesCanada
10/10 #5. Educate yourself. Never stop absorbing Black feminist literature. @IBJIYONGI Decolonize STEM reading list is the BEST EVER. Thank her for her time creating it AND if you have leverage change your institutions outdated ethics curriculum. Jesusss https://medium.com/@chanda/decolonising-science-reading-list-339fb773d51f">https://medium.com/@chanda/d...
Decolonising Science Reading List

In the last couple of weeks, a lot of people have been asking me about what I’ve been reading as reference points for my commentary on the…

https://medium.com/@chanda/decolonising-science-reading-list-339fb773d51f
11/11 #6. Please check in on your students. I swear if we hear the word productivity right now https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤯" title="Exploding head" aria-label="Emoji: Exploding head">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤬" title="Face with symbols over mouth" aria-label="Emoji: Face with symbols over mouth">. As grad students we often operate on auto-pilot. It is not ok to not address what is happening right now, to not pause. ASK what you can do, what tasks you can take over.
12/12 Many Black grads are expressing pain. My DM& #39;s are open if you need a friend. We& #39;ve never met, but @bjmarlin thank you sis. We felt seen & need this https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart"> https://twitter.com/bjmarlin/status/1266837757336399875
https://twitter.com/bjmarlin/... href="https://twitter.com/BlackAFinSTEM">@BlackAFinSTEM @BLACKandSTEM Maybe we can organize a virtual Quaker circle or closed gathering?
WOW. Thanks to everyone sharing & sending msgs of support. Update: Yesterday we had #MontrealProtests It was calm, beautiful, masks/sanitizer given out. There is always a *BUT... police fired rubber bullets & tear gas. Police brutality is a reality here https://twitter.com/voldiee/status/1267265686084124673">https://twitter.com/voldiee/s...
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