Authenticity, honesty, and courage are used as a proactive approach to confront and correct racial injustices, instead of looking for an expedient solution that merely has symbolic value.
Requires acknowledging the longstanding existence of racial injustices and the multiple layers of accountability; demands serious engagement of executives and persons from all racial/ethnic groups, including White leaders.
Works to acknowledge and understand then redress historical, personal, cultural, and structural racism in collaborative ways and with high levels of intentionality.
Attempts to responsibly enact diversity values that are espoused in mission statements and elsewhere, to effectively prepare all students for participation in a racially diverse democracy and to drastically improve compositional diversity and equitable workplace environments.
Aims to improve the lives, experiences, and outcomes of racial/ethnic groups that postsecondary institutions systematically disadvantage and underserve, understanding that trustworthy feedback systems and a range of institutional response strategies are always necessary.