Underserved and over-judged: How bias can rob people of colour of cancer care
Underserved and over-judged: How bias can rob people of colour of cancer care
- October 20, 2022
- Sabrina Strings, sociology, Q107, Oct. 20, 2022
Weight stigma has also been linked to racism and colonialism in North America, with the historical desirability of thinness emerging as a means for white people to show their perceived racial superiority over Black people, according to an award-winning publication by Sabrina Strings, a Chancellor’s Fellow and] sociology [associate] professor at the University of California, Irvine.
For the full story, please visit https://q107.com/news/9209723/black-indigenous-people-of-colour-young-cancer-patients-care-black-indigenous-people-of-colour-against-all-odds/.
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