Borderline: The Role of Virginia's Independent Cities in Preserving Structural Racism after Desegregation in Hampton Roads

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Carr
Keyword(s):  
Structural Racism ◽  
Hampton Roads

scholarly journals Engineering Solutions to COVID-19 and Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilda A. Barabino
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Black Community ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Structural Racism ◽  
Communities Of Color ◽  
Collective Response ◽  
Design Skills

AbstractThe role of engineers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and in the elimination of health disparities, while not always visible, has important implications for the attainment of impactful solutions. The design skills, systems approach, and innovative mindset that engineers bring all have the potential to combat crises in novel and impactful ways. When a disparities lens is applied, a lens that views gaps in access, resources, and care, the engineering solutions are bound to be more robust and equitable. The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on the Black community and other communities of color is linked to inequities in health rooted in a centuries long structural racism. Engineers working collaboratively with physicians and healthcare providers are poised to close equity gaps and strengthen the collective response to COVID-19 and future pandemics.

scholarly journals Structural Racism and Supporting Black Lives — The Role of Health Professionals

2016 ◽  
Vol 375 (22) ◽  
pp. 2113-2115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel R. Hardeman ◽  
Eduardo M. Medina ◽  
Katy B. Kozhimannil
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Structural Racism

Health Disparities in Black Patients with Severe Mental Illness and the Role of Structural Racism

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (11) ◽  
pp. 483-488
Author(s):  
Uzoamaka Asonye ◽  
Nicholas Apping ◽  
Leonardo V. Lopez ◽  
Dennis M. Popeo
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Structural Racism ◽  
Black Patients

scholarly journals The Life of a Gunshot: Space, Sound and The Political Contours of Acoustic Gunshot Detection

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Merrill
Keyword(s):  
Surveillance System ◽  
Black Child ◽  
The Political ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Incident Report ◽  
Structural Racism ◽  
Surveillance Studies ◽  
Detection Systems ◽  
Nonhuman Agency

This article examines the implications of acoustic gunshot detection systems for the role of sound and nonhuman agencies in Surveillance Studies and their relationship to broader modes of power. This is done by examining the role of a ShotSpotter Flex Incident Report in the case of DeOnté Rawlings, a 14-year old black child shot and killed by an off-duty police officer in Washington, D.C. Through this case, this article traces the diagrams of power that imbricate this surveillance system within structural racism. In focusing on the material particularities of acoustical surveillance systems, like ShotSpotter Flex, this work also reconsiders the role of the visual in surveillance systems and Surveillance Studies. This article argues that these new configurations of sound and nonhuman agency offer a particular value to understanding the contemporary entanglement of surveillant mediums and broader regimes of power.

scholarly journals Structural Racial Inequities in Socioeconomic Status, Urban-Rural Classification, and Infant Mortality in US Counties

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-398
Author(s):  
Jessica Owens-Young ◽  
Caryn N. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Infant Mortality ◽  
Racial Differences ◽  
Infant Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
Structural Racism ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Racial Gaps ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
The Relationship

Objectives: Despite improvements in infant mortality rates (IMR) in the United States, racial gaps in IMR remain and may be driven by both structural racism and place. This study assesses the relationship between structural racism and race-specific IMR and the role of urban-rural classifica­tion on race-specific IMR and Black/White racial gaps in IMR.Methods: We conducted an analysis of variance tests using 2019 County Health Rankings Data to determine differences in structural racism indicators, IMR and other co-variates by urban-rural classification. We used linear regressions to determine the associations between measures of structural racism and county-level health outcomes.Results: Study results suggest that racial inequities in education, work, and home­ownership negatively impact Black IMR, especially in large fringe, medium, and small metro counties, and positively impact White IMR. Structural racism is also associated with Black-White gaps in IMR.Conclusions: Factors related to structural racism may not be homogenous or have the same impacts on overall IMR, race-specific IMR, and racial differences in IMR across places. Understanding these differential impacts can help public health profes­sionals and policymakers improve Black infant health and eliminate racial inequities in IMR. Ethn Dis. 2020;30(3):389-398; doi:10.18865/ed.30.3.389

United States Fiscal Policy for Social Workers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen M. Staller
Keyword(s):  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Structural Racism ◽  
Federal Revenue ◽  
Deficit Financing ◽  
Government Deficit ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Function ◽  
Role Of The Government

U.S. fiscal policy is of interest to social workers as it concerns issues including structural racism, economic justice, and income inequality. U.S. fiscal policy refers to the role of the government in taxing and spending, the budget appropriations process, and public budgets (including federal and state revenue and spending). Federal revenue includes payroll and income taxes (personal and corporate). Federal outlays include discretionary and mandatory entitlement spending. There are a number of ongoing contentious debates about U.S. fiscal policy, including those involving the size and function of government, deficit financing and borrowing, inequality, and the redistribution of wealth in tax policies.

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