Citation

Sharif MZ, García JJ, Mitchell U, Dellor ED, Bradford NJ, Truong M. Front. Public Health 2021; 9: e676783.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Frontiers Editorial Office)

DOI

10.3389/fpubh.2021.676783

PMID

35186857

PMCID

PMC8850294

Abstract

In 2020, the continuing murder of Black Americans by police officers received widespread media attention and sparked global outrage. Public health responses to these events focused on discrimination by police and structural racism in broader society. However, police violence is but one of many forms of racialized violence propagated by structural racism and anti-Black racism in particular. We aim to expand the current public health dialogue by describing how structural racism and structural violence are deeply interrelated; embedded in institutions, systems, and processes; and threaten health, safety, and well-being across the life course for racialized minority groups. Structural racism and structural violence are threats to health equity and anti-racist public health work.

Language: en

Keywords

violence; racism; anti-Black racism; equity; public health critical race praxis; social epidemiology; systems-level