STEM Leaders Must Address Racism in Labs, say Authors of "Ten Simple Rules for Building an Anti-Racist Lab"

Co-authors of the paper “Ten simple rules for building an antiracist lab” can comment on addressing racism in STEM workplaces.

Bala Chaudhary, Assistant Professor at DePaul University

“Our paper is aimed particularly at STEM leaders, who set the culture and workplace climate in our labs and research groups, and are increasingly looking for tangible steps they themselves can take to address racism in STEM workplaces. The idea was to compile an easily digestible list to help so many of our colleagues who are in search of clear actionable items,” said Chaudhary

Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, a professor at the University of California in Merced

“As educators of the next generation of scholars, we have to boldly stand for justice and acknowledge that the academic institutions that we are part of are built on racist and colonial systems that were precisely created with a culture of exclusion in mind,” Berhe said. “These historical structures continue to contribute to the persistent underrepresentation of Black, Indigenous, and people of color. But we can all play a role to improve culture, climate and representation of people from all walks of life.”