Anti-racist movements have continued to grow worldwide after the death of George Floyd in 2020. Following the BLM protests, many promises were made to deal with the impact of structural discrimination. While this led to more talk than action, there has also been meaningful change, some of which has gone under the radar. The US media focused primarily on the backlash that resulted in book bans and laws against having DEI offices in universities.
In contrast, this book, a follow-up to Terri E. Givenss bestselling book Radical Empathy: Finding a Path to Bridging Racial Divides, highlights the promises that were delivered. It focuses on hope and taking action and creating a positive environment including the use of the radical empathy approach to empower ongoing change.
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The case studies span sectors and range from individual action to organizational policy making. Make the shift from knowing something must be done to being the one doing something. Elisa Camahort Page, Optionality This is a compelling and nuanced analysis of the post-2020 landscape of anti-racist efforts, cutting through the dominant narratives of backlash to highlight substantive, often overlooked progress. As a scholar and practitioner, Givens brings intellectual rigor and moral clarity to this follow-up to Radical Empathy, grounding her work in actionable frameworks that are both analytically rich and practically applicable. An essential resource for educators, researchers and institutional leaders committed to advancing equity and structural change within academia and beyond. Robin H. Holmes-Sullivan, Lewis & Clark College
1. Radical Empathy in a post-George Floyd world
2. Creating Change: From the Apathy to Empathy to Action
3. From Personal Change to Changing the World
4. Leaders in Academe: Creating Diversity at Predominantly White
Institutions
5. Reckoning with the History of Slavery in the Built Environment with
Destiny Kirumira
6. From Statements to Action: Diversity and Inclusion in the World of
Business
7. At the Intersection of National and International Action: NGOs and IGOs
8. Policing and Prisons: Local, Federal and International
9. Conclusion: Reckoning Creating a New Era of Change
Terri E. Givens is a political scientist and a consultant to corporations and educational institutions. She is currently Professor of Politics at the University of British Columbia.
A sought-after expert and speaker, she has lectured and served on panels at international and national conferences on topics as diverse as immigration politics, the radical right, minorities, the globalization of public policy and how to manage life in academia.
Dr Givens is a popular writer, blogger and social media enthusiast and can be found online, on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Destiny Kirumira is a Ph.D. student at the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture at McGill University. Destiny received a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Alberta in 2018 and completed her Master of Architecture at the University of Calgary in 2021. Her research documents the architecture of Black settlements forming the Black prairie landscape in Canada. Destiny is an inaugural IBET scholar for McGills Faculty of Engineering.
Destiny is also a visual artist who has used her artwork to address questions surrounding race, Blackness, identity, and politics, collaborated with local Black organizations such as Pink Flamingo and been recognized by TIME through the TIMEPieces initiative.
