In 2017 149,692 librarians in America were White. Only 11,213 were Black, 6,938 were Asian, 4,975 were of two or more races, 1,002 identified as “other,” and 545 were American Indian. As of 2020, 89 percent of librarians in leadership or administration roles identify as White and non-Hispanic.21 With a White majority continually fulfilling roles in libraries and library leadership, other voices are unavoidably lessened, ignored, and lost.
