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One of the central tenants of #CriticalRaceTheory is counter-storytelling which 'is used to challenge dominant narratives about a problem'...
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Many of the 'counter stories' I have gleaned over the years come from my time with communities. From Jackson, Mississippi to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I have gained the most insights from 'ordinary folks' far wiser than myself...
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It's encouraging that the field is beginning to make more room for scholarship on #StructuralRacism and health inequities. Just last year, @socscimed published a Special Issue on the topic compiled by @mhicken and others: sciencedirect.com/journal/social…
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One of the articles in the Special Issue is an article I published on residential segregation and racial health inequities in Brazil another, country rooted in the legacy of slavery, racism, and oppression...
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While similar to the U.S. in many ways, Brazil has a much more complex system of racialization based on a skin color continuum. Thus as a researcher, I could not transpose my ideas about race in the U.S. to Brazil. A lesson from #CriticalRaceTheory
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Speaking of history... Redlining in the U.S. and the racial residential segregation that persists today represents one of the most visible manifestations of #StructuralRacism and has been the focus of my work for the past few years...
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For a great resource, check out: segregatedbydesign.com, a 17-minute documentary that shows how segregation has been created through racist policies, racist practices, and racist violence...
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The systematic disinvestment that racial residential segregation creates has widespread implications and is fundamental to our understanding of racial health inequities...
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I have been reflecting a lot on the significance of our panel on #CriticalRaceTheory & Epidemiology and think that it is important that we situate it in the broader context of history. At least 2 historical inflection points stand out to me...
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First, 2019 marks #400Years since enslaved Africans were brought to the shores of this country. This "original sin", predicated on racist science, religion, & rhetoric, is fundamental to our understanding of racial health inequities...
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S/O to the #ancestors whose sacrifice is not lost on me. Blood. Sweat. Tears. Prayers. We do this work to honor them because we know it’s upon their shoulders that we stand…
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One in particular is Dr. Bill Jenkins who transitioned in February. His work exposing the atrocities of the U.S. Public Health Service’s Tuskegee Syphilis Study is an example of how we should all speak truth to power.
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