Strategies and support for Black, Indigenous, and people of colour in ecology and evolutionary biology | Nature Ecology & Evolution

Strategies and support for Black, Indigenous, and people of colour in ecology and evolutionary biology | Nature Ecology & Evolution

BIPOC ecologists: trust yourselves

“We know that it can be tough to be a person of colour working in ecology and evolution,” write zoologist Michelle Tseng and five fellow researchers. They explore the barriers facing Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) that must be dismantled. And they offer strategies for BIPOC working within those structures today. “Trust yourself,” they recommend. “You have skills that colleagues who have not had to fight additional racial roadblocks do not have.”

Nature Ecology & Evolution | 10 min read