I'm @RRHDr, a #healthequity researcher & the Founding Director of @CARHEumn. My work seeks to manifest racial justice & liberation by making the invisible visible. This means that I start from the premise that racism is a fundamental cause of health inequity. #HardemanTakeover
Today I'm taking over @ia4phs to talk about #structuralracism and health from methodological innovation for measuring racism to its manifestations in our society from abortion access to policing. Structural racism as a #populationhealth crisis. #HardemanTakeover
Structural racism is a public health crisis, but it's also a FIXABLE problem!
Earlier this year @CARHEumn & @minnpop hosted an event on the measurement of structural racism. A product of that event was this 🔥 reading list. #HardemanTakeover
We can't change what we don't measure, which is why rigorous measurement of #structuralracism is an urgent issue. In our @Health_Affairs article we outline theory + methods, and I want to highlight rigorous work being done by the rising generation of scholars. #HardemanTakeover
1/n Before I begin today, I’d like to invite us all to mourn the #COVID19 Deaths. 233,792 Globally. 63,019 in the U.S. There are names and faces attached to these unsettling statistics and our shared humanity calls on us to grieve the loss of life. Please add a candle below.🕯
2/n During the #COVID19 pandemic, it's important to be grounded in this notion of shared humanity. It will help us as we ask the questions, Who's dying and why? Hopefully, this will lead us to more nuanced responses that critically examine these deaths 'in context'.
3/n In the U.S., we must contend with the fact, that the #COVID19 pandemic is unfolding within the context of a society steeped in interlocking systems of racism leading to the disproportionate impact among Blacks and other marginalized racial groups. #RacismNotRace