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You might be wondering why I am worried about race issues (as popularized by Americans) when I live in Africa. Well, we still endure the humiliation of how the world perceive blackness. One of the implicit ways that countries discriminate against us is through #visas.

“As ‘Black-ademics,’ we’re often the only one. So when these racist acts happen ... [and] you share your experience, you’re able to see that other people have gone through the exact same things.” --Shardé M. Davis, Ph.D. JWB, Ph.D. #BlackInTheIvory #BlackinSTEM go.nature.com/30DsFCa

The Only Black Person in the Room aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lo… Academia is far behind in addressing racial equity issues at its root cause. Stop treating people of color as your diversity data points. NOAA Research aslo U.S. National Science Foundation @UGA_MarineSci

Time for all of higher education across the U.S. to unite and take every step possible to mitigate these xenophobic policies. UGA UC Berkeley

Interesting to see the title of the Chinese version of the news is “UN calling for a new global new deal”. The English version is titled as “Inequality defines our time’- both are published from UN’s official website. news.un.org/en/story/2020/…

The roots of American environmentalism are grounded in a reverence for nature and racism. Environmental group Sierra Club reckons with John Muir's racism - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

The Problem of 'Colonial Science' scientificamerican.com/article/the-pr… via Scientific American

Say it with me: Abolish the Electoral College.

Bye, Don. So long~

Song blasting violence against women lights up internet in China scmp.com/news/china/soc… via South China Morning Post

China’s national carbon market is about to launch chinadialogue.net/en/climate/chi…

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