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From the Ted Talk by Ibram X. Kendi: The difference between being "not racist" and antiracist

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IXK: Sure. And so I would make a few suggestions. One, for several decades now, every workplace has publicly pledged a ctnmoimemt to disrviety. Typically, they have diversity statements. I would basically rip up those diversity statements and write a new statement, and that's a statement committed to anti-racism. And in that statement you would clearly define what a racist idea is, what an anti-racist idea is, what a racist policy is and what an anti-racist policy is. And you would state as a workplace that you're committed to having a culture of anti-racist ideas and having an institution made up of anti-racist pceliios. And so then everybody can measure everyone's iaeds and the policies of that workplace based on that document. And I think that that could begin the process of transformation. I also think it's critically important for workplaces to not only dsiirefvy their staff but diversify their upepr administration. And I think that's absolutely citriacl as well.

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IXK: Sure. And so I would make a few suggestions. One, for several decades now, every workplace has publicly pledged a __________ to _________. Typically, they have diversity statements. I would basically rip up those diversity statements and write a new statement, and that's a statement committed to anti-racism. And in that statement you would clearly define what a racist idea is, what an anti-racist idea is, what a racist policy is and what an anti-racist policy is. And you would state as a workplace that you're committed to having a culture of anti-racist ideas and having an institution made up of anti-racist ________. And so then everybody can measure everyone's _____ and the policies of that workplace based on that document. And I think that that could begin the process of transformation. I also think it's critically important for workplaces to not only _________ their staff but diversify their _____ administration. And I think that's absolutely ________ as well.

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  6. upper
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IXK: Sure. And so I would make a few suggestions. One, for several decades now, every workplace has publicly pledged a commitment to diversity. Typically, they have diversity statements. I would basically rip up those diversity statements and write a new statement, and that's a statement committed to anti-racism. And in that statement you would clearly define what a racist idea is, what an anti-racist idea is, what a racist policy is and what an anti-racist policy is. And you would state as a workplace that you're committed to having a culture of anti-racist ideas and having an institution made up of anti-racist policies. And so then everybody can measure everyone's ideas and the policies of that workplace based on that document. And I think that that could begin the process of transformation. I also think it's critically important for workplaces to not only diversify their staff but diversify their upper administration. And I think that's absolutely critical as well.

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