Description
Histories of BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, People of Color] Health examines health and healthcare among non-white U.S. populations. Assuming that health disparities reflect legacies of racism rather than race, this course explores health in the context of slavery, segregation, colonization, forced assimilation, genocide and other systems and practices that maintain inequality. Individual agency (i.e. the power of nurses, doctors, patients, policy makers, and other humans to make change) will be emphasized. With attention to current health realities (e.g. differences in life expectancy between different groups), students will be able to identify historic causes of health disparities and measures that have helped equalize healthcare. No prerequisite.