Concerned about how seeing images of Black people dead and dying would affect young social media users, I conducted a study to understand how digitally mediated traumas were impacting Black girls’ mental and emotional wellness.
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The number of African American linguists is growing, albeit gradually. Very few of us share my legacy as a Black baby boomer whose life began in poverty, yet I will soon assume the presidency of the Linguistic Society of America. My life reflects a special brand of American exceptionalism that defies easy classification, and my former Stanford student, Professor Tracy Conner, has been kind enough to discuss my journey from Brooklyn, through inner-city Philadelphia as a child and college student.
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Since the Covid-19 vaccination programme began in the UK, it has hardly been possible to discuss vaccine confidence without referring to the variation between different ethnic groups. When we at RSPH polled the public in December 2020, we found a significant disparity in acceptance of the Covid-19 vaccine, with 57% of respondents from ethnic minority backgrounds saying they were likely to receive the vaccine if advised to by their GP or healthcare professional, compared to 79% of white respondents.
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The SAGE Perspectives blog team are delighted to share with you the top read blog posts from 2020. Covering a wide range of issues from the COVID-19 pandemic to racism in society, as well as offering support and advice for our authors, editors and reviewers, each of these blog posts offers some new insights for our readers.
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During moments of uncertainty, political polarization, and escalating social and racial conflict, it is common to hear that humor and laughter may be an effective antidote to the stress, anxiety, and frustration that becomes widespread during such trying times. “Laughter is the best medicine,” is often a common refrain. Yet, what happens when humor and laughter are used to aggravate, rather than alleviate, racial conflict?
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Since the publication of our article, Preparing Teachers to Notice Race in Classrooms: Contextualizing the Competencies of Preservice Teachers With Antiracist Inclinations, we have witnessed the structural and ideological dangers that occur when the capacity to notice and acknowledge the racialized experiences of minoritized populations is overlooked.
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Racism is an ugly stain on humanity. How wonderful it would be if we all thought of ourselves as equal – regardless of race/ethnicity. This is obviously not the case, and for the past 400 years, people who are not white have faced untold miseries due to the colour of their skin or their ethnicity.
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The most recent egregious acts of racialized police brutality in the United States have increased calls for police reform, particularly “Defunding the Police.” A much-needed call given that the increasing budgets and military grade equipment in local police departments has been accompanied with rising racial inequality in arrest, brutality, and deaths. Yet, funding is not the only factor contributing to racialized policing.
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Given the pervasive structural racism during the 20th century and beyond, relative improvement of black compared with white mortality may be surprising. Despite considerable resistance to the dismantling of systemic racism, it is likely that the gains in black mortality from 1900 to 2010 are associated with gains in multiple social determinants of health
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