The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House

Ten Critical Lessons for Black and Other Health Equity Researchers of Color

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8091202
AutoresLisa Bowleg (0000-0003-4677-8195, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume48
Fascículo3
Páginas237-249
Data de publicação2021-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHealth Education & Behavior (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1090-1981 • E-ISSN: 1552-6127
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/10901981211007402
PMID34080476
OpenAlexW3165600723
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas46
Referências citadas51

Audre Lorde's provocative admonishment, "The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house," is a fitting caution for Black and other scholars of color who seek to use traditional social and behavioral sciences research as a tool to achieve social justice and health equity in Black communities. Invoking Lorde, I use the "master's tools" as a metaphor for conventional theoretical and methodological approaches and "dismantle the master's house" as a metaphor for intersectional structures and systems of oppression that created and sustain health inequity in U.S. Black communities. Using a blend of personal narrative and insights from a 23-year career as a Black critical health equity researcher, I share 10 critical lessons for Black and other health equity researchers of color. And because the personal typically reflects the structural, I recommend system and structural-level mitigation strategies for departments, universities, extramural institutions (e.g., journals), and the government, for each critical lesson

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