Racial scholars argue that racism produces rates of morbidity, mortality, and overall well-
being that vary depending on socially assigned race. Eliminating racism is therefore central …

The number of studies targeting racial health inequities and the capabilities for measuring
racism effects have grown substantially in recent years. Still, the need remains for a public …

Abstract Gloria Ladson-Billings cautiously promotes the use of Critical Race Theory (CRT) to
address racism's contribution to educational disparities. Nearly a decade ago, we issued a …

This symposium volume begins with a simple provocation: race and racism are central to the
development of medicine and the health sciences. 1 If pursuits of health equity are to be …

How Structural Racism Works — Racist Policies as a Root Cause of US Racial Health Inequities
| New England Journal of Medicine Skip to main content The New England Journal of Medicine …

Thirty-seven years ago, the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health called
attention to a “national paradox” of persistent Black-White health disparities despite overall …

Research related to racism and health has evolved in recent decades, with a growing
appreciation of the centrality of the social determinants of health, life-course approaches and …

Racism is, perhaps, America's earliest tradition. Its practice pre-dates the founding of the
nation, as settler colonialism and Indigenous genocide powered the land theft that …

This article draws upon a major social science theoretical approach–systemic racism theory–
to assess decades of empirical research on racial dimensions of US health care and public …

Objective Race consciousness serves as the foundation for Critical Race Theory (CRT)
methodology. Colorblindness minimizes racism as a determinant of outcomes. To achieve …