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December 16, 2020New England Journal of Medicine1,609 citationsOpen Access

How Structural Racism Works — Racist Policies as a Root Cause of U.S. Racial Health Inequities

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ZBZinzi BaileyJFJustin M. FeldmanMBMary T. Bassett

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In the 5 years since one of us published "#Black LivesMatter -A Challenge to the Medical and Public Health Communities" in the Journal, Elected officials, corporate leaders, and academics alike use the slogan "Black Lives Matter," which has also been widely adopted by members of the public, who by the millions protested the extrajudicial killing of George Floyd. 2 With this change comes growing recognition that racism has a structural basis and is embedded in long-standing social policy. This framing is captured by the term "structural racism."

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69dac50678a3e0e288684523https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmms2025396
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