Anti-Black Racism And The Challenges Of Diversity Analysis

Diversity and Exclusion, Anti-Black Racism and the Challenges of Diversity Work presentation addressed many issues involving racism through the guest speaker of Christopher Stuart Taylor. Christopher is a diversity and inclusion coordinator at the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General along with a stake hold member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee in the city of Mississauga. Christopher has a lot of experience in dealing with issues of exclusion and racism through his line of work. Although Christopher is from Canada, he related a lot of the current problems and solutions he sees in his country today to worldwide issues relatable to us Americans. Racism is not a thing of the past and never will be. One point made by Christopher that …show more content…
I also was not aware that there were official workplaces and institutions dedicating their lives and jobs to eliminate the problem of racism. Another aspect of racism that surprised me is the amount of funding and effort that business’s put into informing their employees about racism and working to diminish it in the workplace. Although I did know that some workplaces have had problems with racism, I thought that it was a very rare and infrequent issue. However, I now know that businesses actively have seminars and guest speakers to address these issues to keep their businesses operating smoothly without unnecessary problems. One odd thing that I learned about myself that can also be applied to anyone of various races are three things that Christopher said we all must do. First, we must admit that it exists and talk about it. Then, we must admit that white supremacy exists. And lastly, we must acknowledge the issues and educate others that black history is unique and unequal. This may seem like an odd thing for me to say I learned, however prior to hearing this from someone of that race, I previously always thought the best thing to do was sweep the issue under the rug. I believed that this was the best way to show people of other races that we are equal. Because if I interacted with other races as if …show more content…
Our current topic of African American’s allowed me to relate to a lot of the historical aspects he presented about. He touched on the topic of slavery, which in our text is described as the root of African American’s. Although this sounds quite sad, this has been reinforced of hundreds of years. This is not only the root of African American’s, but also a dominant factor of America’s pastime that will never be forgotten. From slavery lasting from the 1600’s until even past the so-called end of slavery in 1865, it’s a root of brutality that will never escape the American history. Christopher also talked about how there never has been a point in history in which at least some American’s were always there to try to help the blacks escape. In the question and answer portion of his presentation and audience member asked him to explain this. “American’s created this problem, so how were they always there to help?” the audience member asked. Christopher went on to explain that although this is true, the 14th amendment and all the way until today there has always been select groups of Americans working hard to abolish this issue just as hard as some blacks are trying to