Cornell University Librarian Reanna Esmail says libraries are often complicit in racism
Esmail, who works at the Ivy League college s Olin Library, spoke at a virtual event on confronting anti-Asian racism
The librarian also highlighted the Dewey Decimal System, which is used to classify books by giving a different numbered section to different subjects
English, French and Greek languages have multiple Dewey sections apiece - but East and Southeast Asia languages are given just one