Round-up: Racism in the Humanitarian Context

Opportunity:

When the West Falls into Crisis: Rethinking Humanitarianism in the Midst of #BlackLivesMatter and COVID-19, 18 June 2020 [info]

Blog posts & press:

"Aid Workers: It's Time to Practise What You Preach," The New Humanitarian, 8 June 2020 [text]

"Beyond Lip Service: Tackling Racism in Your Development Organisation," The New Humanitarian, 17 June 2020 [text]

"Doing Good and Being Racist," The New Humanitarian, 15 June 2020 [text]

Elizabeth May Wants Canada to Accept U.S. Asylum Seekers Now That Country ‘No Longer Safe’ (Huffington Post, June 2020) [text]

"I’m a Black American. I Had to Get Out," New York Times, 12 June 2020 [text]

"If Black Americans Were to Seek Asylum, They Would Easily Qualify," Aljazeera, 14 June 2020 [text]

Is Racism Part of Our Reluctance to Localise Humanitarian Action? (HPN Blog, June 2020) [text]

IHSA's Humanitarian Blog Posts Selection, no. 11 (International Humanitarian Studies Association, June 2020) [access]
- Includes special section on "Racism in Humanitarian Action and the Need to Decolonise Aid."

IHSA's Humanitarian Blog Posts Selection, no. 12 (International Humanitarian Studies Association, June 2020) [access]
- Includes special section on "When Covid-19 and Other Crises Collide and More on Racism in Humanitarian Action."

"Human Rights Council Picks up Again after COVID Suspension, to Hold Racism Debate," UN News, 15 June 2020 [text]
- See also statements from the High Commissioner for Human Rights and UN entities that focus on racism.

The United States’ Racial Justice Problem is Also an International Human Rights Law Problem (Just Security Blog, June 2020) [text]

The Urgency of Racing Forced Migration: Conversations on the Experiences of Black Refugees (LERRN Blog, March 2020) [text]

Why Immigrants Should Support Black Lives Matters, and How to Do It (The Asylumist Blog, June 2020) [text]

Tagged Events & Opportunities.