scholarly journals The Use of Critical Race Theory to Inform Culturally Adapted Recruitment Strategies for Community-Based Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 486-486
Author(s):  
Joseph Gaugler ◽  
Laura Gitlin ◽  
Lauren Parker
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Recruitment Strategies ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Caregiver Support ◽  
Black African ◽  
Community Based Research

Abstract Black/African American participation in non-pharmacological randomized trials and community-based research on Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias (ADRD) remains low. This presentation introduces Critical Race Theory (CRT), its tenets and how it can be used in tandem with national strategies to encourage participation of Black/African Americans in ADRD research. CRT is a transdisciplinary methodology that draws on anti-racist tenets to study and transform the relationships among race, racism, and power. We describe how CRT constructs (e.g., race consciousness, counter-storytelling) can be used to inform recruitment strategies to enroll Black/African American ADRD caregivers into community-based research by drawing upon two ongoing studies: a randomized trial providing caregiver support through Adult Day Services (ADS) and the evaluation of impact of ADS on stress levels of Black/African American using biomarker measures. In the spirit of CRT this presentation is a call for action and transformation of dementia care research to actively include Black/African Americans.

Teaching the counter story. An analysis of narration in African American cookbooks using Critical Race Theory

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
Jill White
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Institutionalized Racism ◽  
The Right ◽  
Nutrition Educators ◽  
Good Food

As nutrition educators we must promote sensitivity to the historical roots of eating and food patterns.  This analysis of narratives from a sampling of cookbooks written by African Americans, represents an attempt to give voice to an unconventional source of documentation regarding the historical experiences of a people oppressed by enslavement and institutionalized racism as told through recipe sharing.  The themes that emerged from an examination of the missions and motivations of the authors included; history, work, cultural tradition, and empowerment in the struggle to survive. Critical Race Theory provided a lens to examine the counter story told by these authors. The counter story documented the unrecognized contributions of African Americans to the culture of all food practices in America, through their roles as cooks in domestic and industrial settings, as well as their own homes.  We need to develop an appreciation of the celebration of life that is expressed through food in the African American community.  And we must advocate for the right to good food, healthcare and education for all of the communities and people we serve.

scholarly journals The Obligation Thesis: Understanding the Persistent “Black Voice” in Modern Legal Scholarship

2007 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Bell
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Racial Justice ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Rigorous Analysis ◽  
Legal Scholarship ◽  
Narrative Perspective ◽  
Sense Of Obligation

This Article revisits the debate over minority voice scholarship, particularly African-American scholarship, that raged in the late 1980s and early 1990s with the advent of critical race theory (CRT). Many critical race theorists elevated the voices of minority scholars, arguing that scholarship in the minority voice should be accorded greater legitimacy than work on race produced by white intellectuals. Many white and some African-American scholars disagreed with “Crits’” analyses. They charged that good scholarship by African Americans should be judged as a fact-in itself, not ghettoized or subjected to less rigorous analysis than scholarship by white academics. This Article explores the work of four current up-and-coming black legal scholars to revisit that early disagreement and its ramifications in the modern black legal academy. By and large, it appears that the anti-CRT writers have won the debate. Today’s legal academy, at least as reflected in the work of many highly sought-after black scholars, more closely reflects the anti-narrative perspective on scholarship. Black scholars continue to write on racial topics, but with different methodologies than many CRT scholars. Like other areas of legal scholarship, interdisciplinary and doctrinal methods are most prevalent. The Article suggests that one reason African-American legal scholars continue to write about race, despite the risks of doing so, is their sense of obligation to the black community. I contend that this obligation runs just as deeply for black academics as it does for black practitioners, who tend to closely relate the legal profession with the struggle for racial justice.

scholarly journals Cultural Adaptations to Recruitment Strategies and Community-Based Interventions for Dementia Caregivers

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 485-486
Author(s):  
Lauren Parker ◽  
Katherine Marx ◽  
Maria Aranda
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Recruitment Strategies ◽  
Community Based Interventions ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cultural Adaptations ◽  
Caregiver Support ◽  
Black African ◽  
Culturally Adapted ◽  
Participation In Research

Abstract Nearly 30 years after the 1993 National Institute of Health Revitalization Act, minority groups’ low participation in research remains (which required the inclusion of women and racial/ethnic minority groups into government-funded clinical trials). This is particularly the case for participation in research on Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias (ADRD). Deeply rooted historical race-based mistreatment in research and in the health care system at large persist as barriers to low-participation of minorities (i.e. Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino) and immigrants in research studies, who remain at disparate risk for adverse ADRD health outcomes and expedited mortality. The use of culturally adapted approaches in recruitment strategies and community-based interventions might be helpful to encourage the participation of underrepresented groups into research. As such, this presentation highlights three studies that seek to use cultural adaptation to inform recruitment strategies and community-based interventions. First, Dr. Parker will present how tenets from Critical Race Theory can be used to inform culturally-adapted recruitment strategies of Black/African American caregivers into community-based research by drawing upon two ongoing studies: a randomized trial providing caregiver support through Adult Day Services (ADS) and the evaluation of impact of ADS on stress levels of Black/African American using biomarker measures. Next, Ms. Johnson will present results on cultural adaptions to the ADS-Plus Program for Spanish-speaking populations. Finally, Dr. Nkimbeng will present on the process of culturally-tailoring dementia education for African immigrants in Minnesota. Findings from this presentation identify opportunities for researchers to use cultural adaptations to encourage participation of underrepresented populations into ADRD research.

scholarly journals Critical Race Theory and Caring as Channels for Transcending Borders between an African American Professor and Her Latina/o Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline B. Koonce
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Effective Teaching ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Archival Data ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Reflective Essay

This reflective essay uncovers ways in which critical race theory and caring are key to crossing racial, cultural, and linguistic borders between professors and their students. Many scholars have noted how critical reflection relates to effective teaching, especially when taking into account student learning. Reflecting upon archival data and participant observation, the author describes, through various stories, how she uses critical race theory and caring to connect with her students in spite of their differences. The author also provides examples of how her students reciprocate her care in extravagant ways.

Lifting the “Claud-Lorraine Tint” over the Republic

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Pace Vetter
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Alexis De Tocqueville ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Early American ◽  
The Republic

Frances Wright makes several major contributions to political theory. She served as an essential transitional figure from republicanism to early American socialism. Wright outlined a comprehensive system of reform based on an epistemological method of inquiry. Although Alexis de Tocqueville is credited with anticipating aspects of what would become critical race theory, her devastating critique of slavery in America precedes his by several years and includes elements of critical race theory as well. Unlike Tocqueville, Wright also applies those principles to the plight of American women, which prefigures aspects of critical feminist theory. Wright presents an early version of intersectionality by portraying the oppression of women, the enslavement of African Americans, and the injustice of economic inequality as intertwined through institutionalized corruption.

scholarly journals 4127 Achieving health equity in translational research: Applying critical race theory in workforce curricula to address disparity

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (s1) ◽  
pp. 77-77
Author(s):  
Kristina Gern Johnson ◽  
Karen C. Johnston ◽  
Jennifer Phillips ◽  
Maryellen Gusic
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
List Type ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
The Impact

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Learners will: Identify social structures that serve as root causes of health disparitiesCritically evaluate the ways in which racism, culture, and power perpetuate disparityUse critical reflection to shape their research and advocate for institutional changeMETHODS/STUDY POPULATION: The Integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) Health Equity curriculum provides a lens for participants to view health disparities, social structures that create and perpetuate disparities, and the path to a more equitable future. This longitudinal workforce curriculum incorporates the principles of critical race theory (CRT), including: race as a social construct, structural determinism, intersectionality, and the social construction of knowledge. Learners gain practical experience through facilitated group discussions and critical reflection of their own work including research question design, recruitment, dissemination, and enhancing the faculty pipeline. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: To measure the impact of the curriculum, we will evaluate learners’ participation in mentoring activities for persons from underrepresented backgrounds; participation in local and national diversity and inclusion efforts; engagement in community-based research; ability to account for implicit bias and power imbalances in their research design, including in recruitment and retention; and share research findings with community members and research participants. Evaluation strategies will include quantitative and qualitative methodologies. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: There is growing recognition of the impact of racism on the development and perpetuation of health disparities. Public health critical race praxis (an adaptation of CRT) is emerging as a theoretical framework to empower researchers to challenge the status quo in order to achieve health equity.

Health Inequities in Historical Context: A Critical Race Theory Analysis of Diabetes among African Americans and American Indians

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-299
Author(s):  
Felicia M. Mitchell ◽  
Cindy Sangalang ◽  
Stephanie Lechuga-Peña ◽  
Kristina Lopez ◽  
David Beccera
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Health Inequities ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Theory Analysis
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