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The ASM Journals Committee Values the Contributions of Black Microbiologists

Patrick D. Schloss, Melissa Junior, Rebecca Alvania, Cesar A. Arias, Andreas Baumler, Arturo Casadevall, Corrella Detweiler, Harold Drake, Jack Gilbert, Michael J. Imperiale, Susan Lovett, Stanley Maloy (+11 others)
2020 Microbiology Resource Announcements  

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B lack lives matter. The ongoing problem of police brutality and the resulting deaths of George Floyd (1), Breonna Taylor (2), and many other Black people in the United States (3) has rightly shaken the country. Acts of racism should cause us to question the level to which we have personally participated in the systems of racial inequity that facilitate such acts. We all have an obligation to identify the ways that systemic racism functions in our society and in science. As scientists, we
more » ... to believe that we are driven by data and are immune to such detrimental behaviors. Yet, if we are honest, we know that this is not always true. Citation Schloss PD
doi:10.1128/mra.00833-20 fatcat:jik6gruvtfaghfe46a6wf26x6q
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Patrick D. Schloss, Melissa Junior, Rebecca Alvania, Cesar A. Arias, Andreas Baumler, Arturo Casadevall, Corrella Detweiler, Harold Drake, Jack Gilbert, Michael J. Imperiale, Susan Lovett, Stanley Maloy, Alexander J. McAdam, Irene L. G. Newton, Michael J. Sadowsky, Rozanne M. Sandri-Goldin, Thomas J. Silhavy, Peter Tontonoz, Jo-Anne H. Young, Craig E. Cameron, Isaac Cann, A. Oveta Fuller, Ariangela J. Kozik. "The ASM Journals Committee Values the Contributions of Black Microbiologists." Microbiology Resource Announcements 9.32 (2020)