<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Good morning, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><p style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px">This <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">article </span>is a pithy, insightful, and <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">use</span>ful <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">writing</span> on <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-019-0519-z.epdf?shared_access_token=q-x0vHNjlAGa7XbvslR9JNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0P6o78nSB17kxl2sqVpNzs_TX06_A8IbV-TOHGLZiOdXhotzJNPOVXJsv5HBipKy8Ej55jQWUwtrC-GHGu_xFHJKxzzMD4NyatAmFsUuEBYLw%3D%3D&fbclid=IwAR3SkVFSyveifbVvzhgggc8FAd-R5-9LTbDB2eScqt9AZGq8YqV9hrrViPA">Race and Racism in the Geosciences</a>. It is an important read, especially for those of us who are in the dominant group of being White in the geosciences.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"> </span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">As our discipline and organizations <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">aspire</span> to be <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">more </span>inclusive and <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">to </span>diversify, it is <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">key</span> that we better understand our own biases and impacts in perpetuating the status quo. </span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">If you will be writing a diversity statement for a job in academia or others fields or are interested in raising awareness in your own group, this is a highly worthwhile read.  A PDF of the article is also attached. </span></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">- Valerie</span></p></div></div>