How the past creates the present: reviewing the foundational roles of colonialism and systemic racism and their modern manifestations in paleontology

Pedro Monarrez1, Joshua B. Zimmt2,3, Annaka M. Clement4, William Gearty5, John J. Jacisin III6, Kelsey M. Jenkins7, Kristopher M Kusnerik8, Ashley W Poust9, Selina V. Robson10, Judith A. Sclafani11, Kelsey T. Stilson12, Shamindri D. Tennakoon13,14 and Carmi M. Thompson14,15, (1)Stanford University, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)University of California Berkeley, Department of Integrative Biology, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, United States, (4)North Dakota State University, Department of Geosciences, Fargo, United States, (5)University of Nebraska Lincoln, School of Biological Sciences, Lincoln, United States, (6)Texas A&M University, Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, College Station, United States, (7)Yale University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, New Haven, United States, (8)Hamilton College, Geosciences Department, Clinton, United States, (9)San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, United States, (10)University of Calgary, Department of Biological Sciences, Calgary, AB, Canada, (11)University of California Davis, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, United States, (12)Brown University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Providence, United States, (13)University of Florida, Department of Biology, Gainesville, United States, (14)Florida Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Paleontology, Gainesville, United States, (15)University of Florida, Department of Geological Sciences, Gainesville, United States