Past Is Prologue

Dismantling Colonial Legacies to Advance Black Health Equity in the United States

Bibliographic Data

ID19578703
AuthorsAlang (0000-0003-2049-5648, University of Pittsburgh, corresponding author), Chelsey R Carter (0000-0002-9176-4289, Yale University), Oni J Blackstock (0000-0002-2787-1661, United States Department of Justice), Oni Blackstock (Health Justice, New York, New York, USA)
Year2023
Volume7
Issue1
Pages831-834
Publication date2023-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Equity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2473-1242 • E-ISSN: 2473-1242
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1089/heq.2023.0226
PMID38156053
OpenAlexW4389549548
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

Colonialism underlies the commodification of health care in the United States and continues to harm well-being among Black Americans. We present four recommendations for addressing its health consequences: (1) Investments in epigenetic research to improve our understanding of how systemic oppression becomes biology. (2) Centering Black experiences and knowledge traditions in education, practice, and policy. (3) Support for Black scholars, trainees, and practitioners when they critic disciplinary tenets and practices. (4) Expansion of preventive care. Our health care system is a for-profit industry that exploits workers and harms the most marginalized, much like colonialism. Advancing health equity requires dismantling colonial legacies

Colonialism · Commodification · Discipline · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Harm · Health care · Health equity · Medicalization · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Prologue · Scrutiny · Sociology · History · Law · Medicine · Public Health Policies and Education · Race, Genetics, and Society · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research