Committee on Diversity and Equity (CODE)
Statement on Racial Justice November 2024
We, in the Department of Anthropology, express our deep commitment to University efforts to foster and sustain an environment of inclusiveness that empowers us all to achieve our highest potential without fear of prejudice or bias. We aim to advance the Department of Anthropology as an exemplary educational community that offers a nurturing and challenging intellectual climate. Moreover, at the heart of our disciplinary commitment is the work of furthering respect for the spectrum of human diversity, and genuine understanding and appreciation of our many differences and shared humanity.
We try to uphold this vision as members of an institution, and as a community. The University of Louisville does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, or disability of an otherwise qualified individual in educational programs and activities. As teachers and researchers, we aspire to move beyond the avoidance of discrimination to help create the intellectual and cultural currents that will vanquish the impulse to discriminate.
Through this statement we further affirm our support for our broad and diverse student body, community, and colleagues. We will continue to construct the department as an affirming, safe, and just place for people who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQ+, people with all dis/abilities, and people with all forms of citizenship statuses. Finally, we support the crucial, ongoing work to pursue racial justice within our city and condemn the violence of institutions and individuals that devalue, disparage, or dehumanize Black lives.
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Important resources and wider statements within the discipline: