"Pulse oximeters routinely overestimated levels of oxygen in the blood in darker-skinned Covid patients, leading to delays in treatment and hospital readmissions...The research focused on the first years of the coronavirus pandemic, when patients overwhelmed hospitals. At the time, blood-oxygen levels were a key factor in deciding which patients wound up in limited hospital beds and received treatment."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/health/oxygen-covid-treatment-race.html

#healthcare #covid #disparities #structuralracism

Research, published by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) today, shows the proportion of BME workers in low-paid and insecure work increased from 12.2% to 17.8% in the last decade. In comparison, the proportion of white workers in insecure work only rose marginally from 10.5% to 10.8%.

During this time period, BME workers accounted for two-thirds of the growth of insecure workers – despite making up 14% of the overall #UK workforce.
#StructuralRacism #BME #Workers

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/14/tuc-says-uk-insecure-work-structural-racism-in-action-black-minority-ethnic-workers

" Researchers found that about 22% of Black parents said they were judged unfairly or mistreated because of their race or ethnicity, language, health insurance type, weight, income, disability or other characteristics.

The rate at which Black parents reported this treatment was about 10% higher than parents who are White, Hispanic or who identify as part of other racial groups, the survey found."

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/03/health/black-families-medical-unfair-treatment-study-reaj/index.html

#structuralracism #racism #health #disparities

"Patients living in formerly redlined neighborhoods were likelier to be diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, heart failure, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. They also had a nearly 13 percent higher mortality risk and a 14 percent higher risk of having a major cardiovascular event, such as a stroke or heart attack, than their counterparts in other neighborhoods."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/07/16/redlining-racism-heart-kidney-disease/

#publichealth #sdoh #structuralracism

Living with #ADHD in America in 2023 is having to ration your low risk, long-term substance abuse risk reducing, stimulant medication because Richard Nixon decided he wanted to hurt black people with the War on Drugs as a strategy to retain power.

#Inequity #StructuralRacism #StructuralViolence #fascism #audhd

RT @EUAntiRacism: “Fighting racism also means eliminating barriers, reducing wealth disparities, criminal justice bias as well as defying stereotypes and prejudices.” We must combat #StructuralRacism
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/03/19/international-day-for-the-elimination-of-racial-discrimination-2023-statement-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-european-union/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUinMalaysia/status/1638100495272140801

RT @EUAntiRacism: “Fighting racism also means eliminating barriers, reducing wealth disparities, criminal justice bias as well as defying stereotypes and prejudices.” We must combat #StructuralRacism
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/03/19/international-day-for-the-elimination-of-racial-discrimination-2023-statement-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-european-union/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/UEMauritanie/status/1638110434451419136

@haikubot Ohhhhh, this one made me cry angry/happy tears 😢😢😢 💔💔💔

#StructuralRacism #USpoli

@Chron
Of course Houston. High % black people & POC.

#racism #antiracism #EnvironmentalRacism #StructuralRacism

Hello Mastodon world! As my #FirstPost, I’d love to share an article I had the pleasure of co-authoring with an amazing team about Behavioral Medicine’s role in addressing how #ClimateChange exacerbates #HealthInequities rooted in #StructuralRacism. You can read it for free via #OpenAccess here: https://academic.oup.com/tbm/article/12/4/526/6591609

Civil Rights Lawyer, David Henderson:

“50 TX sheriffs attended trainings rooted in the false notion that they can single-handedly overrule state and federal law.

The real shocker is that the Texas Commission of Law Enforcement gave them continuing education credit for attending.” https://www.texastribune.org/2023/01/13/constitutional-sheriffs-texas/

#Radicalization #Extremism #UltraMAGA #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #IWhiteSupremacy #StructuralRacism #Texas #Sheriffs #LawEnforcement

If that's true, then we should expect evolution and/or actively motivated counter-measures by structural racism to evade any bias detection package

#HopkinsNursing #HopkinsAPL #StructuralRacism #StructuralRacismConvening

I think Dr Bethea challenges us to remember #BonillaSilva's concept of White Supremacy as materialist

#WhiteSupremacy and #StructuralRacism are not static, but a #dynamic package of motivated efforts to extract resources from people racialized as Black

#Emergencies deepen existing #inequities - critical to prioritize those most affected both physiologically and via #structuralRacism

"The Lancet series argues that discrimination is a significant driver of racial health inequities and outlines the ways in which it harms health – including directly affecting the body via stress responses, profoundly shaping living environments and limiting individuals’ opportunities to improve health.

The authors call for wider recognition of racism and xenophobia as fundamental determinants of health..."

#health #racism #StructuralRacism #Inequality #BlackMastodon

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/08/racism-poses-public-health-threat-to-millions-worldwide-finds-report?CMP=GTUK_email

Some notes on #VictorRay’s #OnCriticalRaceTheory, cc:ing @sociology (11/...)

"The stakes of #IndividualRacism are changing people's #feelings. The stakes of #StructuralRacism are, fundamentally, life and #death"