We Are Listening

It is an unconscionable truth: Prejudice against Black, Indigenous, and People of Color has shaped our world. In the United States racial discrimination fuels the inner and outer workings of society. It has propelled the drug war, informed the physical evolution of cities, and birthed and perpetuated some of the unfair treatment of service workers.

The horrific killing of George Floyd has unveiled the ways that our world is broken—and how so many systems have capitalized from these fissures. The death of Floyd—and Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, and Eric Garner, and Michael Brown, and so many other Black Americans—has caused countless people and communities indescribable pain. 

Institutional racism has stolen hearts, minds, rights, and lives. The ways in which Black Americans have faced limited abilities and mobilities are uncountable. And they are sometimes invisible, as racism is seeped into the fabric of our society, often expressing itself in innocuous ways.

In this quagmire, we have looked within at The Conscious Investor and asked: What is our role? How can we fight injustice and promote anti-racist policies and systems? Where can we make the biggest impact?

What we will do is fight with our work. We continue to interview thought leaders who are holding the torch and working to change corrupt systems. We will profile iconoclasts who don’t think in binaries but rather in big, inclusive, revolutionary strokes. We will feature educators who challenge us to research uncomfortable histories and truths, to face our faults and tendencies, and to continuously grow. We will cover companies that rise in the dark face of capitalism by putting anti-racist policies and people, purpose, and planet first.

And we will continue to educate ourselves—individually and as a collective. We use our voices, our dollars, and our time to push for anti-racist policies and evolve new systems. We will strive to use our platform and network to amplify the voices and work of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, and LGBTQ+ individuals. And, to borrow the words of Black Lives Matter Canada co-founder, Janaya Khan, we will “find the capacity within ourselves to connect and to meet and to build together.”

We will research. We will listen. We will march. We will educate the next generation.

We will do the work.

With reverence,

Eva + Stacey