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institutionalized racism with the public and your membership. If you are fighting a
defensive battle against a racist initiative and lose, then unless you have named and
framed around race, racism has now been further institutionalized and that reality
is invisible! How do you now draw attention to the fact that racism has won a
major victory, when the fight was never framed around racism?

Are you are Naming & Framing racism well?

Did you frame it as a racial justice issue?
Did people involved with the campaign see the work as a racial justice issue?
Did anyone outside of the campaign learn anything about racial inequity and
racism?

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