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Systemic And Structural Racism

Definitions, Examples, Health Damages, And Approaches To Dismantling

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ID8066037
AuthorsPaula A Braveman (Paula A. Braveman (), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.), Paula Braveman (0000-0001-9917-2360), Elaine Bratic Arkin, Elaine Arkin (Elaine Arkin, independent consultant, Arlington, Virginia.), Dwayne Proctor (Dwayne Proctor, Missouri Foundation for Health, Princeton, New Jersey.), Tina Kauh (Tina Kauh, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey.), Tina J Kauh, Nicole Holm (0009-0001-2480-3903, Nicole Holm, University of California San Francisco.)
Year2022
Volume41
Issue2
Pages171-178
Publication date2022-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0278-2715 • E-ISSN: 2694-233X
PublisherProject HOPE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01394
PMID35130057
OpenAlexW4210826913
LanguageEN
Citations received244
References cited37

Racism is not always conscious, explicit, or readily visible-often it is systemic and structural. Systemic and structural racism are forms of racism that are pervasively and deeply embedded in systems, laws, written or unwritten policies, and entrenched practices and beliefs that produce, condone, and perpetuate widespread unfair treatment and oppression of people of color, with adverse health consequences. Examples include residential segregation, unfair lending practices and other barriers to home ownership and accumulating wealth, schools' dependence on local property taxes, environmental injustice, biased policing and sentencing of men and boys of color, and voter suppression policies. This article defines systemic and structural racism , using examples; explains how they damage health through many causal pathways; and suggests approaches to dismantling them. Because systemic and structural racism permeate all sectors and areas, addressing them will require mutually reinforcing actions in multiple sectors and places; acknowledging their existence is a crucial first step

Business · Criminology · Damages · Economics · Injustice · Law and economics · Oppression · Political science · Public relations · Racism · Sociology · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

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