Medicalized Racism & the Social Determinants of Health

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MEDICALIZED RACISM: THE FOLLOWING TEXTS AND AUTHOR PRESENTATIONS COVER TOPICS SUCH AS HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY EVIDENCE OF MEDICALIZED ANTIBLACKNESS, SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF RACE, IDEOLOGIES USED TO JUSTIFY MEDICAL ABUSE OF ENSLAVED AFRICANS AND BLACK PEOPLE.

1. MEDICAL APARTHEID BY HARRIET WASHINGTON (Youtube Lecture on Book)

2. KILLING THE BLACK BODY BY DOROTHY ROBERTS (Youtube Lecture on Book)

3. THE PRICE FOR THEIR POUND OF FLESH BY DAINA BERRY (Youtube Lecture on Book)

4. MEDICAL BONDAGE BY DEIRDRE COOPER OWENS (Youtube Lecture on Book)

5. FATAL INVENTION BY DOROTHY ROBERTS (Youtube Lecture on Book)

6. MEDICALIZING BLACKNESS BY RANA HOGARTH (Youtube Lecture on Book)

7. ACRES OF SKIN BY ALLEN HORNBLUM (Youtube Documentary on Book)

8. SLAVERY AT SEA BY SOWANDE MUSTAKEEM (Youtube Lecture on Book)

9. THE SOCIAL LIFE OF DNA BY ALONDRA NELSON (Youtube Lecture on Book)

10. THE SKULL COLLECTORS BY ANN FABIAN

11. RACE IN A BOTTLE BY JONATHAN KHAN 

SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH: THE FOLLOWING VIDEOS PROVIDE AN INTRODUCTION INTO RESEARCH ON THE "SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH." IN SHORT, THE PRESENTERS EXPLORE HOW ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND INSTITUTIONAL INEQUALITY IMPACTS HEALTH OUTCOMES. 

1. SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH - AN INTRODUCTION BY RANIL APPUHAMY AND JAMES CLARK (7 MIN.)

2. HEALTH EQUITY AND THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH BY ADEWALE TROUTMAN, MD (1.5 HRS)