Racism and Structural Violence: Interconnected Threats to Health Equity

Mienah Zulfacar Sharif; Jennifer J. García; Uchechi Mitchell; Elinam D. Dellor; Natalie J. Bradford; Mandy Truong

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.676783

Racism and Structural Violence: Interconnected Threats to Health Equity

Mienah Zulfacar Sharif, Jennifer J. García, Uchechi Mitchell, Elinam D. Dellor, Natalie J. Bradford, Mandy Truong

School of Nursing and Midwifery

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In 2020, the continuing murder of Black Americans by police officers received widespread media attention and sparked global outrage. Public health responses to these events focused on discrimination by police and structural racism in broader society. However, police violence is but one of many forms of racialized violence propagated by structural racism and anti-Black racism in particular. We aim to expand the current public health dialogue by describing how structural racism and structural violence are deeply interrelated; embedded in institutions, systems, and processes; and threaten health, safety, and well-being across the life course for racialized minority groups. Structural racism and structural violence are threats to health equity and anti-racist public health work.

Original language	English
Article number	676783
Number of pages	5
Journal	Frontiers in Public Health
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.676783
Publication status	Published - 3 Feb 2022

Keywords

anti-Black racism
equity
public health critical race praxis
racism
social epidemiology
systems-level
violence

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