Systemic racism is inherent in the United States today, and it affects nutrition science. See here for NutriBites’ statement in solidarity and support of the Black Lives Matter movement. This great article by Ashley Aguillard is a good introduction to the ways that racism affects nutrition and how nutrition continues to be involved in perpetuating systemic racism. One of NutriBites’ goals is to spread evidence-based nutrition information to everyone in a way that is easy to understand. In support of this goal, we specifically promote articles that:
- are written, edited, and illustrated by people who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC),
- contain information specifically of interest to BIPOC populations, and/or
- involve research that was conducted by researchers who are BIPOC.
If at any time you perceive that NutriBites is not succeeding in this goal, please contact us, either at our email address (nutribitesblog@gmail.com) or via the Contact Us link on our website.
In pursuit of our goal of inclusivity, we are also including lists of anti-racism resources below to promote better nutrition science.
Workplace & Racism
- Race/Color Discrimination, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Black Americans in the Workplace, The Daily Social Distancing Show
- Is Your Company Actually Fighting Racism, or Just Talking About It?, Harvard Business Review
- Hiring Discrimination Against Black Americans Hasn’t Declined in 25 Years, Harvard Business Review
- Modern-Day racism in the workplace: Symbolic diversity or real change?, Organizational Psychology Bulletin
Public Health & Racism
- How racism makes us sick, Dr. David R. Williams
- The Impact of Racism on the Health and Well-Being of the Nation, APHA
- Advancing Racial Equity Webinar Series, APHA
- Racism, the public health crisis we can no longer ignore, The Lancet correspondence
Nutrition & Racism
- My Experience as a Black RDN in a White Dominated Field, Jasmine Westbrooks
- Registered Dietitian (RD) and Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) by Demographics, Commission on Dietetic Registration
- My Journey to Become a Registered Dietitian, Qula Madkin
- Systemic Racism and Implicit Bias in Nutrition and Dietetics, Stephanie Carter
- Good Nutrition for all Is Impossible When Most Dietitians Are White, Seraphina Seow
- The underlying racism of America’s food system, Regina Bernard-Carreno
Science, Racism & White Supremacy
- Take Action, 500 Women Scientists
- Black Creators/Scientists/Educators/Scicommers You Can Support
- #BlackInAstro: How Can We Support Black Astronomers?, AstroBites
- A reading and listening list for scientific anti-racism, Massive Staff
- Institutional Barriers, Strategies, and Benefits to Increasing the Representation of Women and Men of Color in the Professoriate, Dr. Kimberly A. Griffin
- Becoming Anti-Racist: Being a better advisor, lab mate, and friend to Black colleagues, Angeline Dukes and Elena Dominguez alongside faculty member Dr. Autumn Ivy
- Reflections from a Black Graduate Student, Chinasa T. Okolo
- #ShutDownAcademia #ShutDownSTEM
- #BlackintheIvory
- Sample Language for Talking About Race, Racism, and Racial Justice
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