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‘Science Has A Racism Problem’: Top Science Journals Say ‘Systemic Racism’ Is Keeping Black People From Entering STEM

Tim Pearce
‘Science Has A Racism Problem’: Top Science Journals Say ‘Systemic Racism’ Is Keeping Black People From Entering STEM
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Several top scientific journals have published editorials in the past week accusing their own fields of systemically oppressing black people.

The editorial boards of the journals Cell and New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and the editor-in-chief of Science Magazine criticized the lack of diversity in their own publications and fields, blaming the “systemic racism” of the United States. All published articles suggesting reforms to make their areas more equitable and pledging to be more cognizant of their own implicit biases.

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