06/09/2020
Black Lives Matter
We, LAIGSO members, mourn along with the black community the assassination of George Floyd and many other black lives that had been unjustly taken over the past few decades. We condemn the deployment of senseless police brutality against the legitimate protests that have arisen around the world. Black Lives Matter, and below, we say their names as a tribute to their lives and legacy and emphasize that they did not have to die. Their loss is irreparable. Rest in power:
George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tamir Rice , Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, Philando Castile, Samuel Dubose, Sandra Bland, Walter Scott, Terrence Crutcher, Michael Lorenzo Dean, Eric Reason, Christopher Whitfield, Ataliana Jefferson, Maurice Holly, Jordan Michael Griffin, Nicholas Walker, Bennie Branch, Byron Williams, Mahlon Edward Summerour, Charles D Roundtree Jr., Chinedu Valentine Okobi, Cynthia Fields, and all Blacks lives lost to ongoing state violence.
We are not unaware of the fact that in our Latin American and Iberian countries, black and indigenous people face structural violence and discrimination in various levels such as education, labor, and community. Black and indigenous people are also disproportionately victimized by police officers in our own countries. We condemn racial discrimination in the US and also in our beloved countries, as we understand this issue expands and affects us around the globe. We demand justice for people of color and hope for the end of this structural violence that has ended the lives of so many of them along the continent.
As Angela Davis said: “It is not enough not to be racist, we must be anti-racist”. That is why we call for action to confront racism in our families, communities, and in our daily actions. Educating ourselves about the racist and colonial system operating in our lives should be a priority, as well as to be aware of our own racial prejudices. We must take responsibility for our actions. As Latin American and Iberian graduate students, we commit ourselves to call on and condemn all acts of racism.
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Anti-racist white people Resources: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwAR3iygCgZL6doeAMfb30UR1vsMRo4AhTwJFqaUHVBbM1QXiew653ri87lOc
Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus https://daily.jstor.org/institutionalized-racism-a-syllabus/?fbclid=IwAR0XqLV-pRS9aFSazieLHP2nGmRpFryEszsiYsd58qQeErrL6jriPqOFugI
Fight for Breonna https://justiceforbreonna.org/
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CERD.aspx
Reales, Leonardo Pobreza y discriminación racial en América Latina: El caso de los(as) afrodescendientes.http://www.corteidh.or.cr/tablas/r23378.pdf
Discriminación étnico-racial y xenofobia en América Latina y el Caribe https://www.cepal.org/es/publicaciones/5987-discriminacion-etnico-racial-xenofobia-america-latina-caribe
Por mi raza hablará la desigualdad:https://www.oxfammexico.org/sites/default/files/Por%20mi%20raza%20hablara%20la%20desigualdad_0.pdf
Discriminación Afrodescendientes en México: https://www.conapred.org.mx/index.php?contenido=pagina&id=99&id_opcion=40&op=40
This document is intended to serve as a resource to white people and parents to deepen our anti-racism work. If you haven’t engaged in anti-racism work in the past, start now. Feel free to circulate this document on social media and with your friends, family, and colleagues.
