Antiracist History & Theory

"The End of Diversity"

Kamryn M

Factsheet

Description

This factsheet is a distillation of Rinaldo Walcott’s piece The End of Diversity, which argues that the commonly used language of diversity is unhelpful in pursuing societal transformation and structural justice. Instead, Walcott proposes a more radical approach that includes the disruption of white supremacy.

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References

Source Authors

Rinaldo Walcott

Keywords

"concepts of whiteness", Benchmarkers of Diversity, Berlin Wall, Calls to Action, Canada, Canadian Institutions, Canadian settler colonialism, Capitalism, Collective Narratives, Conscious Refusal, Diversity, Diversity Policies, Diversity Rhetoric, Economic Systems, Effective Change, Eurocentric, Exclusion, False Progress, Inclusion, Language of Diversity, Narratives, Neoliberal Organization, Neoliberalism, Oppression, Political Systems, Post 1989, Post World-War II, Power Structure, Privileges, Pure Decolonial Project, Radical Alternative, Settler Colonialism, Social Construct of Race, Social Systems, Societal Transformation, Structural Benefits, Structural Justice, Structural Norms, Structure of Authority, Structure of feeling, Structures of Violence, Systemic Oppression, Tangible Change, Unconscious Bias, United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, Violence, White Lies, White Phenotype, White Privilege, White supremacy, Whiteness

Locations

Canada, North America