I have a new blog post up at @Health_Affairs with my fabulous coauthors @odiakosionu @BeahboutIT @Carrie_H_S about systemic racism in the health care workforce. Thread ⬇️⬇️⬇️
https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200908.133196/full/#.X1owWIjdVd0.twitter
We argue that health care organizations perpetuate systemic racism by undervaluing the labor of direct care and reproductive health care workers.
Wages in direct care and reproductive occupations reflect our historic dependence on women of color—and especially Black women—to perform the “dirty work” in domestic spaces as slaves, servants, and low-wage workers.
Health care organizations need to go beyond statements of solidarity with workers of color. We argue that the most meaningful changes would be to raise wages for direct care and reproductive workers and create career ladders for upward mobility.
We call on local health care systems @_HealthPartners @MHealthFairview @Ecumen_org @AllinaHealth to follow-through on their statements after the murder of George Floyd by addressing the devaluation of labor performed by BIPOC workers. @PublicHealthUMN
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