{"id":18665,"date":"2022-04-13T20:24:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T00:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=18665"},"modified":"2022-04-14T19:10:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T23:10:07","slug":"is-bc-racist-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2022\/04\/13\/is-bc-racist-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Is BC racist?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AW04132022-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AW04132022-2.jpg\" alt=\"Is BC racist?\" class=\"wp-image-18666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AW04132022-2.jpg 392w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AW04132022-2-283x300.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Is BC racist?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Racism is endemic and systemic everywhere in the US, so it&#8217;s not a simple yes\/no question. BC is taking steps to counter racism, such as the annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit, many events sponsored by AHANA, the African and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) program, MLK Unity Breakfast, Courageous Conversations, Forum on Racial Justice, and many offices and divisions (such as BC Libraries) engaging in robust Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives &#8230;Could BC do better? Of course. So could we all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Racism is endemic and systemic everywhere in the US, so it&#8217;s not a simple yes\/no question. BC is taking steps to counter racism, such as the annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit, many events sponsored by AHANA, the African and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) program, MLK Unity Breakfast, Courageous Conversations, Forum on Racial Justice, and many &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2022\/04\/13\/is-bc-racist-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is BC racist?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18665"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18673,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18665\/revisions\/18673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}