The mission of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research is to convene researchers and practitioners from various disciplines to figure out novel and practical ways to understand, explain, and solve seemingly intractable problems of racial inequity and injustice. We foster exhaustive racial research, research-based policy innovation, data-driven educational and advocacy campaigns, and narrative-change initiatives. We are working toward building an antiracist society that ensures equity and justice for all.
Read the Founder’s Statement by Ibram X. Kendi
Whereas racist research historically has posed the question, “What is wrong with people?” antiracist research now asks a different question, a better question: “What is wrong with policies?” Our belief is that framing research on race and racism around antiracist questions leads to antiracist narratives, effective policy solutions, and impactful advocacy campaigns that cut to the root of racial inequality: racist policy.
Our work, like our center, is in the process of being developed. But here are a few projects that we're working on.
Save the date for Sustainability, Health Equity, and Antiracism in the 21st Century, a symposium presented by the BU Center for Antiracist Research and proudly supported by the Vertex Foundation. Featuring four interdisciplinary fireside panels, this hybrid event will take place on Friday, September 30th from 2-5 pm ET. More details to come!
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This essay examines how the indications-of-innocence standard serves as one thread in a vast invisible web of legal protections that enables racialized police misconduct.
Dear Friends: We are writing to ask for your help in identifying potential members for the Boston Stakeholder Advisory Board of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. We are looking for antiracist practitioners, students, faculty, community members (i.e., people most directly harmed by racist policies and organizing towards antiracist policies), and others who are interested in bringing […]
Boston, MA – June 22, 2022 – At 9 am ET, the BU Center for Antiracist Research (the “Center”) released a policy report that takes an in-depth look at the state of racial and ethnic data collection and reporting in the U.S. The report, “Toward Evidence-Based Antiracist Policymaking: Problems and Proposals for Better Racial Data […]