TY - JOUR
T1 - Sharing the Power of White Privilege to Catalyze Positive Change in Academic Medicine
AU - Rodríguez, José E.
AU - Tumin, Dmitry
AU - Campbell, Kendall M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge Dr. Peggy McIntosh, who provided mentorship for this project and whose pioneering work on white privilege has led to increased understanding of the phenomena. We also recognize that the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black people have allowed for a broader discussion of racism in medicine. The authors would also like to acknowledge the support and mentorship of Dr. Mark Stacy, Dean of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.This project was partially funded by a grant from the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.
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© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - White privilege can be often overlooked and poorly understood in academic medicine, by those who wield it, and by those who suffer from its deleterious effects. Dr. Peggy McIntosh, a leader in research on equity and diversity in education, described white privilege as a set of unearned benefits that white people have based on being born white in a culture that favors the white race. White people have privilege because it was given to them by other white people, and it was taken by claiming superiority over people of color, starting before the European colonizations of Africa, Asia, and the Americas, and continuing through the present day. Many white people come from impoverished communities, suffer from socioeconomic disadvantage, and struggle with unemployment. They may also suffer from inadequate housing and limited education. Because they are white, they still benefit from privilege and positive stereotypes associated with light skin color. As our nation reckons with the murders of unarmed Black people by police, recognizing that many white people have been allies and agents of change forBlack and other minority people, discussing how the power of white privilege can be shared is needed. The authors discuss the power of white privilege and how that power can be shared to promote change in academic medicine.
AB - White privilege can be often overlooked and poorly understood in academic medicine, by those who wield it, and by those who suffer from its deleterious effects. Dr. Peggy McIntosh, a leader in research on equity and diversity in education, described white privilege as a set of unearned benefits that white people have based on being born white in a culture that favors the white race. White people have privilege because it was given to them by other white people, and it was taken by claiming superiority over people of color, starting before the European colonizations of Africa, Asia, and the Americas, and continuing through the present day. Many white people come from impoverished communities, suffer from socioeconomic disadvantage, and struggle with unemployment. They may also suffer from inadequate housing and limited education. Because they are white, they still benefit from privilege and positive stereotypes associated with light skin color. As our nation reckons with the murders of unarmed Black people by police, recognizing that many white people have been allies and agents of change forBlack and other minority people, discussing how the power of white privilege can be shared is needed. The authors discuss the power of white privilege and how that power can be shared to promote change in academic medicine.
KW - Academic medicine
KW - Equity
KW - White privilege
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U2 - 10.1007/s40615-020-00947-9
DO - 10.1007/s40615-020-00947-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 33469871
AN - SCOPUS:85099566864
SN - 2197-3792
VL - 8
SP - 539
EP - 542
JO - Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
JF - Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
IS - 3
ER -