Comments on: Spring Break Conversation: Racism in the Workplace https://contemporaryracism.org/270/spring-break/ An academic blog about whiteness, implicit bias, and systemic racism Mon, 19 May 2014 19:56:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Alex https://contemporaryracism.org/270/spring-break/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Sat, 26 Mar 2011 07:36:07 +0000 http://www.professorwolfe.com/blog/?p=270#comment-44 In reply to Lexie.

As we know, racism is a structural phenomenon that is enforced and reinforced by the institutions that exist in society. Hospitals, as well as the entire medical system and model, are such institutions that stem from White and “American” ideals that are inherently racist. Therefore, they would definitely be settings where racism in all of its forms and manifestations would exist.

]]> By: Alex https://contemporaryracism.org/270/spring-break/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Sat, 26 Mar 2011 07:31:30 +0000 http://www.professorwolfe.com/blog/?p=270#comment-43 Hi Jordan, I also have these interesting and sometimes frustrating encounters and conversations with my parents when I come home on breaks. They have both gotten very used to the fact that I am now interested in these academic topics and I am lucky that they engage with me. Sometimes; however, they feel that I have a too critical eye for everything and that I am attacking some things they do. I try to keep it as more of a conversation than me telling them straight out what I have been learning in class so that they can relate more. It has been fun, but it can be frustrating when they don’t see what we see and when they do not want to listen.

]]> By: Lexie https://contemporaryracism.org/270/spring-break/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:48:53 +0000 http://www.professorwolfe.com/blog/?p=270#comment-36 Interestingly enough, my dad also works in a hospital and sees racism very often. I wonder if that is just a coincidence, or if there is something about hospitals where it is more likely to be caught.

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