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You can’t dismantle what you don’t recognize: The effect of learning critical Black history in healthcare on perspective-taking.

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: = 1,853 White Americans) tested whether learning Critical Black History (history of injustice) in healthcare increased perspective-taking and its subsequent impact on racism recognition. When participants learned Critical Black History, perspective-taking was positively associated with isolated and systemic racism recognition (Study 1). In Study 2, participants were randomly assigned to learn Critical Black History, Celebratory Black History (history of achievement), or a Control lesson. Participants who learned Critical Black History (vs. Celebratory or Control) engaged in higher levels of perspective-taking which, in turn, increased racism recognition/acknowledgment, support for anti-racist healthcare policies, and recognition of systemic contributors to Black-White health disparities; no change in negative stereotype endorsement was observed. These findings suggest learning about racial injustice, coupled with perspective-taking, engenders support for racial equity in healthcare. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: Journal of Experimental Psychology General

DOI: 10.1037/xge0001482

Authors: Kimberly J. Martin, Kerri L. Johnson

Institutions: University of California, San Francisco, University of California, Los Angeles

Language: English

Topic: Social and Intergroup Psychology

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Science Foundation, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health