The Impacts of Racism and Bias on Black People Pursuing Careers in Science, Engineering, and Medicine Proceedings of a Workshop (2020) / Chapter Skim
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2 Keynote Address: New Aspects of Racism
2 Keynote Address: New Aspects of Racism
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• Barriers to health equity include a narrow focus on the individ ual, ahistorical stance, the myth of meritocracy, the myth of a zero-sum game, limited future orientation, myth of American exceptionalism, and white supremacist ideology.
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. Briefly, she described an experience as a student at Stanford Medical School when she sat in a restaurant with friends and noticed a sign facing inside the restaurant that read "Open." She realized this meant the other side, facing outside, read "Closed." In other words, she continued, while the diners inside could enjoy a meal, those outside could not gain entry; moreover,
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Jones defined racism as: A system of structuring opportunity and assigning value based on the social interpretation of how someone looks (which is what we call "race") that unfairly disadvantages some individuals and com munities; unfairly advantages other individuals and communities; and saps the strength of the whole society through the wasting of human resources.2 1 For a fuller description, see Jones (2016)
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• Personally mediated racism, "differential assumptions about the abilities, motives, and intents of others by race, and differential actions based on those assumptions." Examples include instances of prejudice and discrimination, she said, including police bru tality, physician disrespect, or teacher devaluation. Whether intentional or unintentional, and whether acts of commission or omission, personally mediated racism can affect Black men and Black women from reaching their potential in science, engineer ing, and medicine, she observed.
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In her allegory, a gardener preferred red flowers over pink and provided more favorable soil (institutional racism) to the seeds that would grow red flowers.
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, potential targets of interventions might include racial residential segregation, the presence or absence of quality preschool programs, and diversity of medical school faculty. Related to policies (the "written how of decision making")
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Jones has developed three principles for achieving health equity, including: • Valuing all individuals and populations equally • Recognizing and rectifying historical injustices • Providing resources according to need. Given the barriers and the need to put these principles into practice, Dr.
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