Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Infant Mortality, Unnatural Causes, Intersectionality

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1002A/B
• Professor: Jeannie Samuel

Document Summary

Health science- racism as a determinant of health. Key concepts (cid:862)ra(cid:272)e(cid:863), ra(cid:272)is(cid:373: structural racism, racialization, racialized group, scientific racism, white privilege, visible minorities. Invisible knapsack: racial health inequities, ethnicity, ethnic group, healthy immigrant effect, refugee, excess death. Race is a social and political construct that is used to differentiate between different groups of people on the basis of physical characteristics. A social category that captures differential access to power and resources in society. Very distinct from an ethnic group which simply implies a shared culture/language. There is no biological basis to race! Genetics cannot explain why there are differences in health between racialized groups. Race as a widely a(cid:272)(cid:272)epted (cid:862)story(cid:863) that has shaped (cid:449)orld(cid:448)ie(cid:449), i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)es; a strong thread in the fabric of western culture. Race as a cultural lens; a way of knowing and seeing. Racialization/ racialized group: the so(cid:272)ial a(cid:374)d politi(cid:272)al pro(cid:272)esses through (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h hierar(cid:272)hies (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) (cid:862)ra(cid:272)e(cid:863) are constructed and reinforced, vision correcting language: