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.
Social Justice Resources (PDF)| 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 Melanie Tervalon, MD, MPH Jann Murray-Garcia, MD, MPH |
| Beginner | Article | Genetic Privacy |
Genetic Privacy: We Must Learn from the Story of Henrietta Lacks Maninder Ahluwalia |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Beginner | Article | How Microaggressions in Health Care Hurt Minorities |
How microaggressions in health care hurt minorities Kara Zarei |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
