(3/3) DEI is under attack and the belief in meritocracy is only climbing. It is important that we protest anti-DEI initiatives, and educate people we know about the dangers of meritocracy.

(2/3) Hiring based on merit sounds like the perfect system, but some critical flaws make meritocracy the enemy of equity, as explained in the slides below.

The picture in this post is so powerful and accurate. It is crazy how normalized environmental racism is today, thank you for covering this topic as it should get the coverage it deserves.

A quote that I found that really showed the connection between the killings of the buffalos to the attempted eradication of Native Americans was: "Spare no buffalo; the demise of each is the downfall of a Native American.” - US Military commander Richard Irving Dodge.

Great presentation on fast fashion in Bangladesh! I found it helpful that you listed some of the brands that contribute to non-sustainable fashion. Many talk about the waste of fast fashion, but I have rarely heard talk about how capitalism contributes massively to it and what its implications are.

(3/3) The effects of what the US government did to the Lakota people still linger today.

100s of treaties were broken by the US government at the expense of native peoples, destroying ecosystems and cultures in the process.

To this day, native peoples continue to fight for their land and culture.

(2/3) Shown in the gif below, the history of Lakota native land is presented. ​

Starting with the treaty of Fort Laramie (1851) and decreasing when settlers found gold on native land. Breaking the treaty, the US Government did nothing, and settlers took over, never truly leaving.​