Black lives matter. It’s time to speak up and make active changes in our own mindset and within the community. Atomic Hands would be remiss if we did not recognize our privileges and practice recognizing our inherent bias and unlearning it. Even in STEM fields, the Black community often lack proper support and this is NOT okay. Equity is a hard thing to accomplish, but not impossible and we WILL make this change. In order to be a better ally and stand in solidarity with the Black community, we will continue posting educational STEM content these next few weeks and they will focus on the POC communities. If you’d like to learn more about what you can do, please check out some of these resources:
Black representation:
@being_her
@monroepedagogy
https://whitedeafprivilege.wordpress.com
Written by white people:
http://bit.ly/ANTIRACISMRESOURCES
https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234
[Video description: The video alternates between two shots. (1) Alicia, an Asian woman with straight brown hair, is wearing a purple short sleeve shirt in front of a light gray background. (2) Barbara, a white woman with curly red hair, is wearing a black turtleneck in front of a dark gray background.]
#STEMinASL #deaf #stemeducation #stem
Transcript: It’s time to speak up. These daily attacks on Black lives are not random, Black people are targeted. By racist people. But, the most dangerous attack of all is our white fragility. Our discomfort as white people when confronted with racial injustice is what truly holds racism in place and prevents us from dismantling the systemic oppression. Our silence is poison. Our complacency is murder. Our resistance to change is destruction. When faced with the realities of racism and race-based privilege, we acknowledge that we are a product of our society and we have not actively prevent racism as a white and a white-passing Asian persons. We recognize that by making this video, we are responding to the recent horrifying displays of racism across the nation, instead of responding to the centuries of racial oppression and brutality from the day one this organization was formed. A little too late. This isn’t fair. As individuals and as an organization we need to think more carefully about our actions and unpack the systemic oppression we may be contributing to. We are truly and deeply sorry for contributing to the racial inequality that hurt the Black community. We acknowledge and accept that our message might have no value at this point and we will continue to build on the message indefinitely to honor and value the Black community. We are not seeking for forgiveness or validation; we seek to show our actions and to make changes. We are here: To listen. To openly and willingly make mistakes. To commit to a lifetime of hard conversations and unpacking of our privileges. To give our platform and voice to the oppressed communities. To acknowledge the power dynamics and the privileges we have. To inform ourselves about systemic oppression and the role we and our communities play in upholding white supremacy. To proactively be anti-racist and to continue teaching it to the future generations. While we will never understand the true extent of being a black person in this world, and we will learn the best ways to be an ally and stand in solidarity with the Black community and with other communities that have experienced centuries of colonization and exploitation. We are asking our followers to join us in making a long-term commitment to racial liberation through a consistent and transparent demonstration of our thoughts and actions. To the Black community, we are here for you and we stand in solidarity with you.
