A Psychiatric Nurse and Public Health Professor React to Williams’ Presentations
Linnea is a psychiatric nurse for Lakeland Health system. What Harvard sociologist David Williams said in his July 10 morning presentation in St. Joseph, Mich., shook her up and opened her eyes to her own racial prejudices. Sherine R. Brown-Fraser is chair of the...Systemic Racism Adds Another Layer of Trauma for Many People; Therapist Calls it ‘A Public Health Crisis’
By TED HARTZELL BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – Tasha Turner is in a position to know a lot about the pain of stress and trauma. As a program director, Turner, a psychotherapist, directs trauma-informed initiatives for Lakeland Health, the health care system that serves...
Race and Place: Eminent Sociologist Calls for Dismantling ‘The House That Racism Built’
David Williams Describes How Long-term and Pervasive Racism Has Caused Racial Health Disparities. But He Offers Hope and Solutions. By COMMUNITY GRAND ROUNDS TEAM ST JOSEPH, Mich. July 2018—A world-renowned expert on health inequities between black and white Americans...
What Racism Does to the Body
What Racism Does to the Body Medical Science Is Solving a Mystery for a Physician Who Wondered for Years What Was Happening to Her Patients By TED HARTZELL BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – For years Dr. Pat Rush kept confronting a troubling mystery: Why did so many patients she...
Chronic Racism is Itself a Killer
Chronic Racism is Itself a Killer Lakeland Health Embarks on 3-year ‘Conversation’ to Help a Racially Polarized Community Understand the Latest Science By TED HARTZELL ST. JOSEPH, Mich.— Lynn Todman is serious about getting a message to the doctors, other front-line...Healing the Trauma of Racism
Health disparities in communities of color are real and critical. https://t.co/zRewAhumTZ
On Blackface - its history and cultural significance https://t.co/Vw8kViRIms.
It’s good to see coverage of possible racial bias among EMTs.
American Medical Response in Portland is “going to hire more people of color.” A diverse workforce is one of the best antidotes to bias and stereotypes.
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Courageous Conversations require a bit of kindess. https://t.co/PY2bc9T54f
White Saviors or just well-meaning? https://t.co/9GBfqcOL00
