In the United States, 82.7% of all public school teachers are white and it is estimated that 62% of all U.S. educators are white women. In higher education, a 2019 report by the American Council on Education found that only one in five full-time faculty were faculty of color. These statistics reflect the ongoing call to improve the academic pipeline so that it supports Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Educational institutions must work to strengthen the diversity of their staff, putting valuable, anti-racist measures in place. And white educators also need to put in work themselves.

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