Deadric Williams, associate professor of sociology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will present “Systemic Racism and the Three M’s of Racial Inequality: Implications for Health Disparities” at the upcoming Minority Health Disparities Initiative’s Health Equity Grand Rounds. The event will take place at noon April 30 via Zoom. It is free and open to the public.
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Increased attention has been given to structural racism as a central mechanism perpetuating health disparities in the United States. Williams builds on this emerging research by proposing a new conceptual model for studying Black-White inequality, the three M’s (making, manifestation and maintenance) of racial inequality.
In this talk, Williams will focus on the four mechanisms that function as the metaphorical lubricant that ensures the gears spin perpetually. This entire process is shrouded in racial mystification that makes these socio-historical and political constructs (i.e., racial categories) and racial health disparities seem natural and inevitable.
