Biology Class of '88 Lecture: "Beyond An "Anti-Racist" Biology", by Dr. Shay-Akil McLean

During this present phase of neoliberal capitalist colonial crisis there has been a considerable increase in the number of mainstream institutions claiming to be interested in “anti-racism”, including educational & medical institutions. While we see the word “anti-racism” everywhere in the private & public spheres, we see no changes in the behaviors nor the outcomes of the actions of these scientists claiming to be against racism, especially in the field of biology. Utilizing both settler-colonial critique & evolutionary thinking, Dr. McLean looks beyond the patch-work non-solution of DEI (diversity, equity, & inclusion) approaches in the biological sciences to understand the problem of race/ism in the life sciences by attempting to look beyond the illusionary of claims of anti-racism by the higher education & the private industries to highlight actions required to demonstrate an active commitment to combatting racial colonial capitalism. 

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Sponsored by the Biology Class of ‘88 Lecture Fund.