Social Justice Resources

PCOM's Office of Diversity and Community Relations provides resources to examine topics, conversations and terms about social justice and anti-racism.

Content includes web articles, videos, TEDTalks, podcasts and book recommendations. These resources are divided into beginner, intermediate and experienced levels. Click the "+" sign in the diversity resource listings to view additional details about available content.

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Level	Medium	Title	Details
Level	Medium	Title	Details
Beginner	Article	Cultural Humility versus Cultural Competence	Cultural Humility versus Cultural Competence: A Critical Distinction in Defining Physician Training Outcomes in Multicultural Education Melanie Tervalon, MD, MPH Children's Hospital Oakland Jann Murray-Garcia, MD, MPH University of California, San Francisco View PDF
Beginner	Article	Genetic Privacy	Genetic Privacy: We Must Learn from the Story of Henrietta Lacks Maninder Ahluwalia NewScientist.com
Beginner	Article	Henrietta Lacks and Her Remarkable Cells Will Finally See Some Payback	Henrietta Lacks and Her Remarkable Cells Will Finally See Some Payback Amy Dockser Marcus The Wall Street Journal
Beginner	Article	In Her Words: Where Women Rule the Headlines	In Her Words: Where Women Rule the Headlines Female students of color discuss gender and race during medical school and residencies. Emma Goldberg The New York Times
Beginner	Article	How Microaggressions in Health Care Hurt Minorities	How microaggressions in health care hurt minorities Kara Zarei The Philadelphia Inquirer
Beginner	Podcast	1619: How the Bad Blood Started	Episode 4: How the Bad Blood Started In the United States, racial health disparities have been as foundational as democracy itself. 1619 is an audio series from The Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery.
Beginner	Guide	PCOM Library Lib Guide	This guide will help you find resources related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
Beginner	TEDTalk	The problem with race-based medicine	The problem with race-based medicine Social justice advocate and law scholar Dorothy Roberts has a precise and powerful message: Race-based medicine is bad medicine. Watch the TEDTalk video or read the transcript. Dorothy Roberts University of Pennsylvania
Intermediate	Article	White Privilege in a White Coat	White Privilege in a White Coat: How Racism Shaped my Medical Education Dr. Romano, a white physician, reflects on ways racial privilege influenced his experiences as a caucasian medical student learning medicine. Max Romano, MD, MPH
Intermediate	Book	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot
Intermediate	Book	Medical Apartheid	Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present Harriet A. Washington
Intermediate	TEDTalk	The Difference Between Being “Not Racist” and Antiracist	The difference between being "not racist" and antiracist There is no such thing as being "not racist." In this discussion, Kendi defines antiracism and how we can more clearly recognize, take responsibility for and reject prejudices in public policies, workplaces and personal beliefs. Ibram Kendi Author, historian
Intermediate	Podcast	Making The Case That Discrimination Is Bad For Your Health	Making The Case That Discrimination Is Bad For Your Health The Code Switch, an NPR podcast, explores race, diversity and social justice issues in modern America.
Experienced	Book	Black Fatigue	Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit Mary Frances Winters