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Closing the Circle in Decolonial Equity by B. Allan and R. C. V. Hackett

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Decolonial equity is an equity beyond colonialism that is based in accountability and responsibility to All Our Relations, and highlights the interconnections of Indigenous histories and futurities, reimagining equity. Authors Allan and Hackett critique traditional EDI as it is rooted in colonial, Eurocentric frameworks that fail to enact change and continue to centre whiteness. Decolonial equity includes processes of examination of EDI by Indigenous Peoples, Black people and members of other marginalized groups and the reconstruction of policies by these groups to centre their own voices as those who have continually been the targets of colonial oppression. Colonial oppression has created a poverty of unmet needs experienced by BIPOC communities and decolonial solidarity entails positioning needs in relation rather than competition. The work of decolonial equity requires revolutionary patience, care, and a decolonized sense of time. Indigenous-led measurement of EDI prioritizes antiracism and Indigenous sovereignty and is essential to practices of repair across and within institutions.

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Hackett, V. C. Rhonda, Billie Allan. "Closing the Circle." In Decolonizing Equity. Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing, 2022.

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