Systemic Racism in healthcare

Systemic Racism in healthcare

1. Uninformed

   • Lack of information resources
     • lack of funding
   • lack of awareness/ information from academic settings
   • Lack of exposure to other cultures
   • old fashioned views
     • older workforce
   • Oblivious to actions/effects
     • lack of awareness of own values/ beliefs
     • priveledge
     • different values
       • different culture
   • misinformation
     • stereotypes
     • media
     • government

2. Lack of voice to speak up against it

   • People witnessing racism
     • Fear of repercussions if you speak up
     • don't want to appear rude
       • social culture
       • social setting
         • friends vs. strangers
         • environment
         • situational
   • people experiencing racism
     • Positions of power
     • feeling disempowered
       • lack of voice
       • feeling like you're a minority
         • because you are being treated that way

3. Work place norms/ peer pressure

   • Lack of funding
   • Lack of cultural exposure
   • fear of difference
     • fear of consequences
       • doing things to fit in
   • stereotypical views
     • fear of the unknown
   • top down pressure
     • those in power setting norms
       • old fashioned views
         • lack of cultural awareness
           • unaware of own bias/ views
           • unaware of own thoughts/actions and how they may impact others
   • lack of empathy
     • lack of client centeredness
       • fear of repercussions if you advocate
         • fear of having different view point to management/ peers/ majority

4. Fear and Racism

   • Experiences
     • had a bad experience
       • generalise experience to whole culture/ population
     • other sharing negative experiences
   • Intergenerational
     • norms in family
     • taught/ learned
   • human nature
     • categorising things
     • generalising things
       • otherness
   • social media
     • Reach to wider population
       • validation of racist opinion by others
     • lack of censorship
       • huge platform
         • timeliness in taking things down
           • damage already done
     • people recording racist content e.g. bullying
       • powerful
         • validation
       • perpetuates behaviour
     • freedom for hate speech
       • "keyboard warriors"
       • annonimity
         • Removed from situation and effects
           • dehumanises people