Structural Violence and Inequity
Children in certain communities receive fewer speech-language services due to systemic inequalities in education and healthcare.
What is structural violence?
A clinician tells a bilingual child, “Your English is so good for someone from your neighborhood.”
What is a microinsult?
A clinician validates a student’s cultural identity and contributions in the classroom.
What is a microaffirmation?
Economic and political systems unintentionally create conditions where marginalized communities experience poorer health outcomes.
What is structural inequality in healthcare systems?
A professor dismisses a student’s experience with discrimination by saying, “People don’t think like that anymore.”
What is a microinvalidation?
A colleague intervenes when another clinician makes a discriminatory comment toward a client.
What is a microchallenge?
A clinician studies how policies, poverty, and disaster response contribute to long-term health disparities in communication disorders.
What is structural violence in public health?
A clinician intentionally uses derogatory language toward a marginalized group.
What is a microassault?
A mentor supports a student experiencing discrimination by helping them navigate systemic barriers and reinforcing cultural pride.
What is a microprotection?