[CODATA-international] Say NO to Racism in Science

[Suchith Anand]

Dear colleagues


It is very disappointing to read about the scale of racial discrimination at some UK universities.



https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/tackling-racism-campus


https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/apr/28/uk-universities-are-institutionally-racist-says-leading-vice-chancellor



There is no place for Racism in any UK Universities.


I am grateful for the support that I got from colleagues around the world for my work for building Race Equality in Geospatial Science. I am touched by the support and kind messages that I got from the International Science Council , research funders and colleagues from around the world.



I am hoping that through sharing my racism experiences, lessons are learnt so that colleagues and students do not face any racism in the future.


Please take pledge for eliminating racism from our universities. Let us all work for making science and education more accessible, inclusive and equitable for the benefit of all.


Best wishes


Suchith


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From: Suchith Anand <ezasa7 at exmail.nottingham.ac.uk>
Sent: 08 November 2022 12:05
To: CODATA International <codata-international at lists.codata.org>
Subject: Say NO to Racism in Science



Dear colleagues,



I want to thank all authors for sharing their racism experiences in the recent Special issue of the journal Nature dedicated to overcoming racism in science. Details at https://www.nature.com/immersive/d42859-022-00031-8/index.html


There are many articles in different disciplines in this special issue including an article on racism in geoscience in a UK university. It is very disappointing to read about the scale of Racial discrimination happening in science and higher education environments.



There is a huge pressure to hide racial discrimination issues in some UK universities. Hence it is important to have support structures and frameworks in universities and scientific organisations so that more colleagues who are suffering racial discrimination and injustices can get courage to share their racism experiences, so lessons are learnt, appropriate and effective actions are taken, so that colleagues and students do not face any racism in the future. This is important to help build Race Equality in Science in the long term.


https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/say-racism-science-suchith-anand/



I would like to thank International Science Council, Research Funders, Scientific Associations, Leaders of Universities and colleagues from around the world who send kind messages of support to me for my work on helping build Race Equality in Geospatial Science. Your kindness is greatly appreciated.



https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/race-equality-charter-uk-universities-suchith-anand



It is important to have initiatives like GeoForAll to help build Race Equality in Geospatial Science in the UK.  I would like to thank all colleagues in GeoForAll for their contributions to help build Race Equality in Geospatial Science.


Best wishes


Suchith



Dr Suchith Anand

Senior Adviser to Governments and International Organisations | Scientist | Board member | Governance | Policy | Consultant in Data Science and Data Ethics | Global Citizen | SDG Volunteer and Advocate


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