"The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House": Ten Critical Lessons for Black and Other Health Equity Researchers of Color

Autor/in	Bowleg, Lisa
Titel	"The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House": Ten Critical Lessons for Black and Other Health Equity Researchers of Color
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 48 (2021) 3, S.237-249 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bowleg, Lisa)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/10901981211007402
Schlagwörter	Social Science Research; Research Methodology; Qualitative Research; Researchers; African Americans; Medical Research; Public Health; Social Justice; Activism; Racial Bias; African American Organizations; Community Organizations; Institutional Cooperation; Resistance (Psychology); Change Strategies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Qualitative Forschung; Researcher; Forscher; Afroamerikaner; Gesundheitswesen; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Institut; Kooperation; Resistenz; Lösungsstrategie
Abstract	Audre Lorde's provocative admonishment, "The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house," is a fitting caution for Black and other scholars of color who seek to use traditional social and behavioral sciences research as a tool to achieve social justice and health equity in Black communities. Invoking Lorde, I use the "master's tools" as a metaphor for conventional theoretical and methodological approaches and "dismantle the master's house" as a metaphor for intersectional structures and systems of oppression that created and sustain health inequity in U.S. Black communities. Using a blend of personal narrative and insights from a 23-year career as a Black critical health equity researcher, I share 10 critical lessons for Black and other health equity researchers of color. And because the personal typically reflects the structural, I recommend system and structural-level mitigation strategies for departments, universities, extramural institutions (e.g., journals), and the government, for each critical lesson. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01