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… Episode #01 Intersectionality with Sophie Withaeckx Language of Conversation: English Begin of Recording. Darian : Good morning, Constance. Constance : Good morning, Darian and welcome to our podcast “Woke as Science”. Darian : Thanks. It's nice to see you again after our last podcast experience with the DS Mindsets podcast. I'm excited to pick up the discussion again. We're running the show now, so maybe it makes a bit of sense … term “woke” in our title. Given all the problematic connotations it carries, and it also reproduces. So, we didn't pick the term “woke” lightly. It's a good example of a hijacked term. It was ripped out of its initial context, a call within the black community and later other marginalized communities for being alert to discrimination or exclusion and is now used as a derogatory umbrella term to label movements and individuals that address injustices as anti-freedom of speech, anti-science, … that? Sophie: Yes, so I will explain one of the legal cases that she described in her article. Um, a case called “DeGraffenreid versus General Motors”. What was this about? So General Motors was a company, an American company, who had only started to hire black women from 1964 when a Civil Rights Act was implemented and so no company could, uh, justify excluding certain categories of people. At that time there were already black men working at that company and they were already women working at …

… effective. UM is currently implementing its Integrated Operational Management programme. To this end, we are cooperating with SAP Ariba, a cloud-based purchase-to-pay software solution. Soon we will introduce the Ariba Network as a platform for the communication of digital business documents such as purchase orders, order confirmations and invoices. This will also enable us to order through catalogues in an automated and user-friendly manner. In this letter, we inform you about the impending … to provide you with information and guidance during this transition. As a first step, we would like to invite you to one of our information sessions for UM suppliers in mid-July 2021. Information session for suppliers In mid-July 2021 we will organise online information sessions for UM suppliers. During these sessions we will provide more information about our transition to the Ariba Network and the benefits for you as a supplier. We will also explain when action will be required of you. You can … diary! What should you do now? You can already take the following steps to ensure a smooth transition to our new processes. l. Confirm your details to receive Ariba-related information. Please provide the name and email address of the correct contact person(s) within five days of receiving this email using the form in the link below. If your company already conducts business through the Ariba Network, please also enter the Ariba Network Account ID (AN-ID) of the relevant legal entity. …