Looking back on a life of unacknowledged privilege and a call to action

The year 2020 provided a wake-up call about the role systemic racism plays in shaping our nation and shaping science. While hard work and great mentors helped bring me a long way from a farm in Minnesota, it’s become much clearer that the privilege of being white and male and the accumulated advanta...

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Autor principal: Peifer, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society for Cell Biology 2021
Materias:
Voices
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8351539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33983852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E21-01-0024
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spelling pubmed-83515392021-08-10 Looking back on a life of unacknowledged privilege and a call to action Peifer, Mark Mol Biol Cell Voices The year 2020 provided a wake-up call about the role systemic racism plays in shaping our nation and shaping science. While hard work and great mentors helped bring me a long way from a farm in Minnesota, it’s become much clearer that the privilege of being white and male and the accumulated advantages that began there played powerful roles. It’s time for white scientists like me to listen, think, and take action. The American Society for Cell Biology 2021-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8351539/ /pubmed/33983852 http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E21-01-0024 Text en © 2021 Peifer. “ASCB®,” “The American Society for Cell Biology®,” and “Molecular Biology of the Cell®” are registered trademarks of The American Society for Cell Biology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/This article is distributed by The American Society for Cell Biology under license from the author(s). Two months after publication it is available to the public under an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons License.
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