Systemic Racism and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA): Using Critical Race Theory to Build Equitable Family Leave Policies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shetal Vohra-Gupta ◽  
Yeonwoo Kim ◽  
Catherine Cubbin
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Family Leave ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Systemic Racism ◽  
Medical Leave ◽  
Family Medical Leave Act ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Medical Leave ◽  
Family Leave Policies

Disaster racism: using Black sociology, critical race theory and history to understand racial disparity to disaster in the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Breen
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Black People ◽  
The United States ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Systemic Racism ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sociology Of Disaster ◽  
Black Sociology

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide a call to action to use a new theoretical framework for disaster researchers that focuses on using a critical approach to understanding differential disaster impacts due to systemic racism.Design/methodology/approachUsing critical race theory (CRT) and Black Sociology, theoretical and disciplinary frameworks that center Black people and NBPOC as well as a focus in dismantling systemic racism and other oppressive systems, this article calls for a new approach – “disaster racism” – that builds on past discussions for a more nuanced theoretical approach to disaster studies.FindingsAlongside CRT and Black Sociology, this study identifies two examples of the oppressive systems that create disparate impacts to disaster including slavery and the legacy of slavery and mass incarceration.Originality/value“Disaster racism” – a critically focused approach – should be used in the future rather than social vulnerability to further dismantle oppressive systems and institutions, which not only provides strong theoretical backing to research but also creates an actively anti-racist research agenda in the discipline of sociology of disaster.

scholarly journals Parental Leave for Residents at Programs Affiliated With the Top 50 Medical Schools

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 472-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Gottenborg ◽  
Lindsay Rock ◽  
Alison Sheridan
Keyword(s):  
Parental Leave ◽  
Average Duration ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
Medical Leave ◽  
Paid Leave ◽  
Family Medical Leave Act ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
The Family ◽  
Paid Parental Leave ◽  
Family Medical Leave

ABSTRACT Background Of the top 15 medical schools with affiliated graduate medical education (GME) programs, 8 offer paid parental leave, with an average duration of 6.6 weeks. It is not known how other GME programs approach parental leave. Objective We searched for the parental leave policies for residents in programs affiliated with the top 50 medical schools. Methods In 2019, we identified the top 50 medical schools designated by US News & World Report in the research and primary care categories (totaling 59 schools), and identified the associated GME programs. For each school, we accessed its website and searched for “GME Policies and Procedures” to find language related to maternity, paternity, or parental leave, or the Family Medical Leave Act. If unavailable, we e-mailed the GME office to identify the policy. Results Of 59 schools, 25 (42%) described paid parental leave policies with an average of 5.1 weeks paid leave; 11 of those (44%) offer ≤ 4 weeks paid parental leave. Twenty-five of 59 (42%) programs did not have paid parental leave, but 13 of these specify that residents can use sick or vacation time to pay for part of their parental leave. Finally, 13 of 59 (22%) offered state mandated partial paid leave. One school did not have any description of parental leave. Conclusions While paid parental leave for residents has been adopted by many of the GME programs affiliated with the top 50 medical schools, it is not yet a standard benefit offered to the majority of residents.

All Around the World Same Song: Transnational Anti-Black Racism and New (and Old) Directions for Critical Race Theory in Educational Research

2020 ◽  
pp. 004208592092777
Author(s):  
Christopher L. Busey ◽  
Chonika Coleman-King
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Black Diaspora ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Systemic Racism ◽  
Collective Resistance

As demonstrated through the disregard for Black humanity and respondent Black social movements throughout Latin America, anti-Black systemic racism is a transnational phenomenon birthed from global White supremacy. Across the Americas, the hemispheric parallels undergirding collective resistance to anti-Black racism and state-sanctioned violence lend themselves to multifaceted interdisciplinary scholarly examinations. Using transnational anti-Black racism in Latin America as a point of departure, we advance a theorization of critical race theory in education capable of interrogating racist structures of coloniality, modernity, and White supremacy that operate globally to suppress Black humanity and humanness in general. To that extent, we draw from and reposition critical race theory (CRT) from its sociohistoric heritage in the United States and instead conceptualize transnational anti-Black racism vis-à-vis a Black Diaspora reading of CRT. Finally, we return to education as a key site of contestation for transnational anti-Black racism and draw implications for the meaning of this global theorization of CRT in urban education, praxis, and educational research. We end by charting new and old directions for CRT in educational research.

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