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This is a page with resources for promoting anti-racism and supporting diversity and inclusion in the health sciences. Links are provided to readings; articles and books; podcasts and videos.< If you're looking more broadly, please see the pages below.
Highlighted on this page are just a few resources for pharmacy related areas.
- Racism is a public health crisis (American Public Health Association)
- Health Affairs February 2022 Special Issue: Racism & Health
Organizations
Below are a selection of resources from pharm* related sources. This is not a comprehensive list. Some states will have their own organizations, student groups may exist and new groups may occur. I will add to the list anytime. Please feel free to make recommendations.
- AACP - Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives"AACP affirms its commitment to foster an inclusive community and leverage diversity of thought, background, perspective, and experience to advance pharmacy education and improve health".
- ASHP...collection of resources to help pharmacy providers from all backgrounds address health disparities
A few selected books
- Algorithms of Oppression byCall Number: EbookISBN: 9781479849949Publication Date: 2018A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms... Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities. Data discrimination is a real social problem... An original, surprising and, at times, disturbing account of bias on the internet, Algorithms of Oppression contributes to our understanding of how racism is created, maintained, and disseminated in the 21st century.
- Troublesome Science byCall Number: EbookISBN: 9780231185721Publication Date: 2018It is well established that all humans today, wherever they live, belong to one single species. Yet even many people who claim to abhor racism take for granted that human "races" have a biological reality. In Troublesome Science, Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall provide a lucid and forceful critique of how scientific tools have been misused to uphold misguided racial categorizations...
- Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion byCall Number: EbookISBN: 9781284197792Publication Date: 2020The Second Edition of this forward-thinking text goes beyond the discussion of health disparities to highlight the importance of health equity. As the new title suggests, Health Equity