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September 10, 2025DiGeSt Journal of Diversity and Gender StudiesOpen Access

De-Centering Whiteness in Theorizing Care: Culturally-Safe Care and Affective Technologies of Medical Racism

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SMSarah Munawar

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Overview

This analysis critiques cultural safety in healthcare for racialized patients, suggesting that epistemic humility may enhance compassionate care practices.

Key Points

  • Culturally-safe care frameworks often reinforce existing epistemic hierarchies rooted in whiteness, limiting their effectiveness.
  • The research finds that intertwining feminist care ethics and decolonial approaches can help address ethical tensions in care.
  • The paper critiques the abstraction of care into static knowledge, advocating for a dynamic understanding of ethical care practices.
  • Engaging in reciprocal, consent-based practices is essential for addressing the diverse needs of patients within healthcare systems.

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Sarah Munawar (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1ae7054b1d3bfb60e662dhttps://doi.org/10.21825/digest.95439
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