History
Which president significantly escalated the “War on Drugs” efforts?
Ronald Reagan
Who coined the term intersectionality?
Kimberlee Crenshaw
Give an example/scenario of how structural racism can have an affect on individual mental health.?
Open Ended!
What populations and occupations were excluded from the Social Security Act of 1935?
Agricultural workers & domestic servants; jobs typically performed by POC’s
What theory would challenge social workers to look at an individual's circumstances affecting their health rather than seeing it as poor individual choices?
Person in Environment
What are chronic diseases that are especially common among black communities as a result of structural racism? Name at least 1
Hypertension, Type 2 diabetes
What is another country that has racial-hierarchies and attributes someone’s value to their proximity to whiteness? Hint: think south!
South Africa or Brazil
What is the difference between health equality and equity?
Equality gives everyone the same exact resources while equity adjusts based on needs and recognizes different starting points
Give an example of a population/community that experienced adverse health outcomes (or single incident) as a result of environmental racism.
Flint water crisis, Treasure Island California toxic waste remnants, Cancer Alley Louisiana that has petrochemical plants along the Mississippi river, etc