Thanks so much for sharing and amplifying, Oscar! I am grateful to BIPOC ALA members and staff for their patience with the association in regards to these repeated failings which are an indictment of the profession as well. I am also particularly thankful to BCALA for volunteering their expertise putting forward this statement which includes timely and powerful challenges and recommendations. As an ALA Councilor, I am in support of Council implementation and I am ready to help in that effort in any way I can.
Racist behavior/thinking is deeply entrenched and requires proactive correction-- we cannot lazily expect to get better as we continue to commit microaggressions and it is unfair to our colleagues of color that we do so. Our colleagues are not our learning experiences.
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Lindsay Cronk
She/Her
Core President-Elect, ALA Councilor-at-large, Loud Lady
Head of Collection Strategies
University of Rochester
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Original Message:
Sent: Mar 17, 2021 09:02 AM
From: Oscar Lanza-Galindo
Subject: BCALA Statement to ALA Council Against Racism
Hi everyone
In the short amount of time I have served on this Council I have seen and experienced the racism and micro-aggressions that are described and experienced by many of me fellow BIPOC councilors. Thank you @Shauntee Burns-Simpson for sharing in the general ALA community board.
I now share this here, with my fellow council members, because this governing body must lead by example, and hold itself to a level of accountability in being anti-racist. Promises are meaningless if there is no action behind them.
In #solidarty,
~Oscar
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Oscar Lanza-Galindo
Associate Dean
Bunker Hill Community College
He/Him/His
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