Building an Anti-Racist Organization

Where racism addresses the question of “what is wrong with people?”, anti-racism asks a different, better question, “what is wrong with the policies?” In a society set up to support White-body privilege, the inherent social structure of that society’s institutions will naturally reflect bias unless there is deliberate action to counteract that bias.

Leaders, boards, managers and supervisors must be taught to recognize that contemporary forms of racism exist and become familiar with the various forms that it takes in the lives of staff and clients. They must become vigilant in learning and identifying what those issues are and how they are perpetuated in the organization’s policies, practices, and procedures.