Camara Phyllis Jones
Levels of racism: a theoretic framework and a gardener's
tale. Am J Public Health. 2000 Aug;90(8):1212-5. Full Text.
Abstract: The
author presents a theoretic framework for understanding racism on 3 levels:
institutionalized, personally mediated, and internalized. This framework is
useful for raising new hypotheses about the basis of race-associated
differences in health outcomes, as well as for designing effective interventions
to eliminate those differences. She then presents an allegory about a gardener
with 2 flower boxes, rich and poor soil, and red and pink flowers. This
allegory illustrates the relationship between the 3 levels of racism and may
guide our thinking about how to intervene to mitigate the impacts of racism on
health. It may also serve as a tool for starting a national conversation on
racism.
C.P.
Jones: Allegories of Race
and Racism (TED Talk)
This
20 minute TED talk covers what Dr. Jones usually has an hour for. It is well worth watching.
