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“Have you always wanted to be a scientist?” I have been asked this question many times before. Are other people asked this so frequently? I suspect I wouldn’t hear the question as often if I were white or Asian. But I am Black. And I am forever being reminded, in ways big and small, that many think I don’t belong in science or academia.

Data show how privileged caste groups still dominate many of the country's elite research institutes. This article is part of a Nature series examining data on ethnic or racial diversity in science in different countries.

Lack of diversity, equity and inclusion is harmful both for individual scientists and the scientific enterprise as a whole. The contributions in this collection highlight problems and propose solutions on how to make science more equitable, inclusive and diverse for the benefit of all.

Authors discuss actionable ways and important questions to move the fields of neuroscience and psychology forward in designing better studies to address the history of exclusionary practices in human brain mapping.

Oliver Rollins is a sociologist interested in how neuroscience research deals with and is informed by racialisation, racism, and other social processes of inequality. Here, he discusses how (neuro)scientists can engage in antiracist research practices and contribute to an antiracist science.