Visiting Professor Federal University of Bahia Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Science has racism, sexism, and cis-hetero-normative issues that need to be addressed so diversity can become a plausible reality. Understanding the academic representation gaps considering the intersectionality concept is paramount to promoting real progress toward a more inclusive academic environment by overcoming the fear of moral opprobrium that has prevented an honest debate about the persistence of racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination in scholarly work. In this presentation, I will present possible paths to fight the implicit and explicit bias in the academic environment and extinguish the existing systems of oppression within scientific fields.
