A4BLiP affirms the importance of making history and archives accessible to folks of all races, genders, and abilities. However, we know that many archives’ catalogs and finding aids, especially those written decades ago and never updated, include outdated language that modern researchers may experience as racist, sexist, or otherwise discomfiting and/or damaging.
A4BLiP is currently developing guidelines for anti-racist archival description practices that will suggest methods for identifying these terms and avoiding inappropriate use in the future. Please support our project here: https://www.gofundme.com/reviewers-for-antiracist-description-guidelines
