Department of Sociology & Anthropology Fall Series Speaker: Dr. Kevin Jenkins, Ph.D., from the University of Pennsylvania
Hue Process: The Quantitative Measurement of Racism in Medicine explores the theoretical underpinnings of racism in medicine while confronting critical methodologies to modeling the social mechanisms and consequences of racism. From medical education to practice, racism integrally shapes where people receive healthcare (e.g. ER physician vs. primary physician, public hospitals vs. private hospitals, etc.). Medicine too often assumes race, particularly Blackness, to be a vulnerable social identifier without unpacking the consequences of structural racism on health and health care. While the definitions of race are still difficult to understand, medicine and the social sciences struggle to disentangle how race and racism function in concert with biology, genetics, and social forces.
Nadia Hunt
585-389-2765
nhunt1@naz.edu