<div dir="ltr">Thank you Matthew!<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Max </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 5:34 PM Matthew Baiocchi via Libs-Or <<a href="mailto:libs-or@omls.oregon.gov">libs-or@omls.oregon.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg7061570551030597531">
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<p>Please take a moment to read this statement then share it widely, <span style="font-size:12pt">Calling for Meaningful Support for BIPOC Library Workers:</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span><a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/assets/Communications/2022-23_communications/OLA%20EDIA%20Committee%20Statement%20Calling%20for%20Meaningful%20Support%20for%20BIPOC%20Library%20Workers.pdf" id="m_7061570551030597531LPlnk428202" style="font-size:12pt" target="_blank">https://ola.memberclicks.net/assets/Communications/2022-23_communications/OLA%20EDIA%20Committee%20Statement%20Calling%20for%20Meaningful%20Support%20for%20BIPOC%20Library%20Workers.pdf</a></p>
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<p>Our BIPOC colleagues are hurting. Every day they work in a system designed to oppress them. We - me and you - are part of that system. You may not be racist but you are part of a racist system, a system that, daily, hurts and kills and murders BIPOC simply
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px">There are, of course, many more examples of systemic
racism than the ones listed below - incarceration rates, judicial sentencing, and food insecurity to name just a few. We must listen to the facts and our BIPOC colleagues. We must listen to them then make systemic change, because every day we don't BIPOC people
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<p>- <span>The typical white American family has roughly 10 times as much wealth as the typical African American family and the typical Latino family. (<a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/06/racial-wealth-gap-may-be-a-key-to-other-inequities/" id="m_7061570551030597531LPlnk640821" target="_blank">https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/06/racial-wealth-gap-may-be-a-key-to-other-inequities/</a>)</span></p>
<p><span>- <span>Black men are about 2.5 times more likely to be killed by police than white men.</span> (<a href="https://news.umich.edu/police-sixth-leading-cause-of-death-for-young-black-men/" id="m_7061570551030597531LPlnk886796" target="_blank">https://news.umich.edu/police-sixth-leading-cause-of-death-for-young-black-men/</a>)<br>
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<p><span>- Black women are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. Black infants die at about twice the rate of white infants. (<a href="https://graphics.reuters.com/GLOBAL-RACE/USA/nmopajawjva/" id="m_7061570551030597531LPlnk378049" target="_blank">https://graphics.reuters.com/GLOBAL-RACE/USA/nmopajawjva/</a>)<br>
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<p><span>- <span>In 2021, nearly 20% of Black individuals experienced food insecurity - more than three times the rate of white households.</span> (<a href="https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/african-american" id="m_7061570551030597531LPlnk800100" target="_blank">https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/african-american</a>)</span></p>
<p><span>- <span>Black Americans...post a homeownership rate of 46.4% compared to 75.8% of white families. Compounding matters, homes in predominately Black neighborhoods across the country are valued at $48,000 less than predominately white neighborhoods
for a cumulative loss in equity of approximately $156 billion.</span> (<a href="https://www.brookings.edu/essay/homeownership-racial-segregation-and-policies-for-racial-wealth-equity/" id="m_7061570551030597531LPlnk257696" target="_blank">https://www.brookings.edu/essay/homeownership-racial-segregation-and-policies-for-racial-wealth-equity/</a>)<br>
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