By The HOPE Team, 9/15/21, positiveexperience.org/blog
Each person is an individual with essential human dignity. Our society, however, continues to struggle with persistent racism. Today, we have posted a new statement about how HOPE intends to infuse an understanding of race, racism, and anti-racism into our work.
Beyond individual biases, systems perpetuate inequity via systemic racism, endangering the health of children and families of color. HOPE core faculty member Dr. Baraka Floyd reminded us that “Race is a social construct, and racism differentially distributes power and privilege to certain groups based on their race. With HOPE, we are trying to ensure that every child has equitable access to these Four Building Blocks, regardless of their socially-assigned race.” National Advisory Board member Dr. Andrew Garner added, “We are committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in all that we do. In order to support understanding, reconciliation, healing and growth, we acknowledge, respect and hope to learn more about the strengths derived from a wide array of lived experiences.”
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