{"id":793,"date":"2023-05-09T20:20:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T20:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/killerwebs1.com\/complitscla\/?page_id=793"},"modified":"2023-05-09T20:21:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T20:21:36","slug":"scla-statement-on-diversity-and-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/complit-scla.org\/scla-statement-on-diversity-and-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"SCLA Statement on Diversity and Inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"793\" class=\"elementor elementor-793\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e4eaf0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e4eaf0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;book&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M194,99c186.7,0.7,305-78.3,306-97.2c1,18.9,119.3,97.9,306,97.2c114.3-0.3,194,0.3,194,0.3s0-91.7,0-100c0,0,0,0,0-0 L0,0v99.3C0,99.3,79.7,98.7,194,99z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a6688c\" data-id=\"8a6688c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-24649ad4 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24649ad4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fa78e00\" data-id=\"1fa78e00\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ab45ca8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ab45ca8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"head_text\"><h2><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The Executive Committee of the Society for Comparative Literature and the Arts writes today to affirm that we unequivocally condemn police violence against unarmed Black and brown bodies. By the present statement, we also wish to express our support for social movements calling for greater racial equity and moreover justice for the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Rayshard Brooks, and many others.<\/span><\/h2><\/div><p>From such instances of appalling injustice issue a series of impelling commands: that there be real political action to combat racial prejudice, that there be greater vigilance over law enforcement, that there be a categorical, unwavering commitment to the principle and truth that black lives matter.<\/p><p>Each member of the SCLA will, of course, assess the nature and extent of their own practical demonstration of such support. But as a collective organization, mindful of its own commitment to diversity, and highly aware that academia is hardly immune from the inequities we see in society at large, it behooves the SCLA to match words with deeds. The Executive Committee therefore earnestly hopes that you, the many members of the SCLA, will communicate proposals and ideas you feel might practically enhance the SCLA itself, and meaningfully assist you in your own endeavors, whether as academics, activists, or members of a given community. The Executive Committee moreover hopes that you will avail yourselves of the opportunity to take up leadership positions in the SCLA, and, in so doing, ensure that the organization implements its principles of inclusion and equal opportunity.<\/p><p>The concluding words of a statement such as this one should, by rights, belong to a human being who was cruelly deprived of enough breath to speak any words beyond the expression of his own suffocation. Nevertheless, the ethical command issuing from the circumstances of Mr. Floyd\u2019s death remains compelling in its call. We hope members of the SCLA will assist the organization to hear, heed, do, and respond in appropriate ways. 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