Societal racism

Perry Clemons is Gamifying D&I Training with Inequality-opoly

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Digital, CNBC, CEI, Prison–industrial complex, Comic book convention, Research, Societal racism, SAN, The, Tutoring, Sexism

With such an important subject matter, Perry was inspired to create Inequality-opoly: The Game of Structural Racism and Sexism in America.

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  • With such an important subject matter, Perry was inspired to create Inequality-opoly: The Game of Structural Racism and Sexism in America.
  • Perry created Inequality-opoly as a board game simulating how structural racism and sexism intersect to serve as obstacles to the accumulation and sustaining of wealth in America.
  • Perry has been rolling the game out for educational purposes for in-house company training sessions and to training companies that offer D, E & I training courses, the response so far has been amazing.
  • Already featured in Forbes, Comic-Con, CNBC and more, this is just the beginning of what Perry Clemons, and the Clemons Education Inc (CEI) has to offer.

Survey: Few Americans Want to Leave Confederate Monuments as They Are, but Divides Over Solutions Persist by Party, Race, Religion

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Public Religion Research Institute, Culture, Religion, Confederacy, Public policy, History, Racism, Solution, Map, Violence, E pluribus unum, Public, PRRI, Research, Awareness, African Americans, EPU, Societal racism, Management, Tourism, Democrat

When respondents were asked about preserving the legacy of the Confederacy, the partisan and religious divides are deeper.

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  • When respondents were asked about preserving the legacy of the Confederacy, the partisan and religious divides are deeper.
  • A slim majority of Americans (51%) support preserving Confederate history through public memorials and statues.
  • Religion also plays a role in support for preserving the Confederate legacy, with white Christian groups more likely to express support than non-Christian religious Americans, Jewish Americans, or the religiously unaffiliated.
  • Those supportive of keeping Confederate monuments or preserving the legacy of the Confederacy are also likely to deny the existence of structural racism.

Mitch Landrieu, E Pluribus Unum Launch New Podcast Exploring Systemic Racism In America Today

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Articles, Racism, Discrimination, Hatred, Race and society, Social issues, Institutional abuse, Institutional racism, Societal racism

With the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, economic uncertainty and the nation's racial reckoning, the podcast brings together conversations with advocates, historians and experts to help us better understand what systemic racism looks like in America today.

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  • With the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, economic uncertainty and the nation's racial reckoning, the podcast brings together conversations with advocates, historians and experts to help us better understand what systemic racism looks like in America today.
  • "Race courses through every facet of our lives, yet too few people--particularly white people--truly understand the scale of racism in America, including our history and how racism still permeates today's institutions.
  • Americans cannot continue to hide their heads in the sand about the country's past or the structural racism that remains today.
  • Our goal is to provide another opportunity for listeners to learn about the way systemic racism plays out in our lives.

Systemic Racism, Access to Care, Poverty and Preexisting conditions Help Fuel U.S. Maternal And Infant Health Crisis, Particularly Devastating For Moms And Babies Of Color

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Monday, November 16, 2020
Health, Articles, Midwifery, Public health, Determinants of health, Health Economics, Health equity, Maternal health, March of Dimes, Societal racism

These statistics are worse for moms and babies of color with the Report Card showing significant racial disparities that cut across maternal and infant health.

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  • These statistics are worse for moms and babies of color with the Report Card showing significant racial disparities that cut across maternal and infant health.
  • While there is no single cause to this complex maternal and infant health crisis, contributing factors include maternal health and management of preexisting conditions.
  • Additionally, systemic challenges with health care systems and deeply entrenched structural racism are helping to fuel this health equity gap.
  • March of Dimes supports and advocates for policies that concentrate on the health of all moms and babies and improve health outcomes especially for women of color.

New Citi GPS Report Estimates $16 Trillion in Lost GDP Due to Racial Inequality in the United States

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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Other Professional Services, Women, Human resources, Finance, MEN, Professional services, Consumer, Other Consumer, Articles, Race in the United States, Economic inequality in the United States, Distribution of wealth, Discrimination, Racism, Wage gap, Economic inequality, Racial inequality in the United States, Societal racism

Citi today released a new report that estimates the economic losses attributed to racial inequality in the United States over the last two decades.

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  • Citi today released a new report that estimates the economic losses attributed to racial inequality in the United States over the last two decades.
  • The Citi Global Perspectives & Solutions (GPS) report Closing the Racial Inequality Gaps: The Economic Cost of Black Inequality in the U.S. posits the lost GDP of systemic and societal racism and discrimination faced by Blacks over the last 20 years to be $16 trillion.
  • The report identifies the underlying causes of the racial and economic gaps exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and discusses the value of closing gaps.
  • Closing the Black racial wage gap 20 years ago might have provided an additional $2.7 trillion in income available for consumption and investment.

Global Thought Leader on Bias Says Address Structural Inequalities in Societies in Health, Wealth, Education, and Criminal Injustice to End Systemic Racism

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Monday, July 13, 2020
Discrimination, Racism, Race and society, Hatred, Societal racism, Social issues, Humans

Structural Racism is not exclusive to the United States.

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  • Structural Racism is not exclusive to the United States.
  • Racism is clearly a global problem.
  • Rubin, Michael Baran, the Co-Author of Subtle Acts of Exclusion, says communities "need to work to address structural inequalities in societies in health, wealth, education, and criminal injustice."
  • Baran additionally advocates for more focus on training teachers to be inclusive, "as teachers can have unconscious biases as well."

APhA Announces Task Force and Campaign to Address Structural Racism in Pharmacy

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Monday, June 22, 2020
Social issues, Humans, Articles, Social inequality, American Pharmacists Association, Racism, Social exclusion, Apha, Societal racism

The task force will recommend actions driving short- and long-term strategies to eliminate racism, discrimination, injustice, and the marginalization of individuals within the profession and communities that APhA members serve.

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  • The task force will recommend actions driving short- and long-term strategies to eliminate racism, discrimination, injustice, and the marginalization of individuals within the profession and communities that APhA members serve.
  • "The creation of this task force will put in motion an action plan to address racism and discrimination in every facet of our profession.
  • It is important for APhA, the only organization representing all of pharmacy, to take a stand and use our platform to create positive change.
  • "We are extremely humbled and excited for this opportunity to lead this national initiative on addressing structural racism in pharmacy," noted Task Force Chair Andrew Gentles, PharmD, BCPS, AQ-ID.

March of Dimes Statement on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Maternal Deaths

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Thursday, September 5, 2019
Midwifery, Franklin D. Roosevelt, March of Dimes, Polio, Societal racism, Reproductive health, Health, Articles, Academic disciplines

America should not be the most deadly place in the developed world to give birth.

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  • America should not be the most deadly place in the developed world to give birth.
  • "One of the prevention targets identified in today's MMWR is addressing implicit bias and structural racism in health care and community settings.
  • March of Dimes is collaborating with Quality Interactions to create a new, compelling implicit bias training for maternal care providers and health systems.
  • Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pregnancy-Related Deaths United States, 20072016 byEmily E. Petersen, MD and others appears in the Sept. 6 issue of MMWR,Vol.

Los Angeles County Community Collaborative Builds Partnerships to Effectively Address the Upstream Drivers of the Opioid Crisis

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Education, Other Education, Health, Mental health, Other Health, Philanthropy, Other Philanthropy, Consumer, Family, General Health, Managed care, Articles, Health, Health Economics, Racism, Societal racism, Public health

The Los Angeles (LA) County Departments of Public Health and Mental Health announce the creation of the Los Angeles County Community Collaborative (LAC3), an incubator of innovation to address the nations opioid crisis.

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  • The Los Angeles (LA) County Departments of Public Health and Mental Health announce the creation of the Los Angeles County Community Collaborative (LAC3), an incubator of innovation to address the nations opioid crisis.
  • LAC3 is a partnership between the LA County Department of Public Health , the Department of Mental Health and the Thought Leadership & Innovation Foundation (TLI) .
  • The collaborative will focus on early drivers of this public health crisis such as socioeconomic disparities, structural racism, resource inequities, and social isolation.
  • Yet, a unilateral, top-down approach cannot solve a crisis this complex and this pervasive within a community as large as Los Angeles County.

One Woman's Cancer Fight: A Case Study In Structural Racism

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Tuesday, April 23, 2019
RTT, Breast cancer, Racism, Societal racism, Identity politics, Race and society, Articles

The article, Structural Racism: A 60-Year-Old Black Woman with Breast Cancer , is part of a new New England Journal of Medicine series devoted to highlighting the importance of social concepts and social context in clinical medicine.

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  • The article, Structural Racism: A 60-Year-Old Black Woman with Breast Cancer , is part of a new New England Journal of Medicine series devoted to highlighting the importance of social concepts and social context in clinical medicine.
  • According to study authors, in this case "the Taskforce disrupted the invisible, structural roots of inadequate breast cancer care provided by community hospitals serving segregated neighborhoods."
  • Make systemic changes to eliminate structural racism: Quality improvement efforts, such as updating technical skills of breast-imaging staff and establishing standardized systems for follow-up of abnormal results in the case, can help to alleviate the presence of structural racism.
  • "To eliminate structural racism at its root cause, we must look beyond the walls of our clinics to the community.