Responses to 10 common criticisms of anti-racism action in STEMM

• Published in: PLoS computational biology Vol. 17; no. 7; p. e1009141
• Main Authors: Gosztyla, Maya L, Kwong, Lydia, Murray, Naomi A, Williams, Claire E, Behnke, Nicholas, Curry, Porsia, Corbett, Kevin D, DSouza, Karen N, Gala de Pablo, Julia, Gicobi, Joanina, Javidnia, Monica, Lotay, Navina, Prescott, Sidney Madison, Quinn, James P, Rivera, Zeena M G, Smith, Markia A, Tang, Karen T Y, Venkat, Aarya, Yamoah, Megan A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.07.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Bias; Biomedical research; Collaboration; Discrimination; Engineering - organization & administration; Funding; Health care; Hispanic Americans; Humans; Medical research; Medical students; Medical treatment; Minority & ethnic groups; Natural Science Disciplines - organization & administration; People and Places; Police brutality; Professionals; Racial discrimination; Racism; Science; Science Policy; Scientific method; Scientists; Signs and symptoms; Skin; Social Justice; Social Sciences; Womens health; United States; United States > US
• ISSN: 1553-7358; 1553-734X; 1553-7358
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009141

Black applicants are 13% less likely than white applicants to receive research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) [22]. [...]the benefits of our research are not distributed equally; since the large majority of research subjects and tissue donors are white (even for many diseases that disproportionately affect BIPOC), biomedical research often has reduced relevance for BIPOC [29,30]. When healthcare professionals are taught to identify medical conditions by the presence of rashes, skin becoming pale, or lips turning blue, BIPOC patients may be overlooked in initial screenings; their quality of care is lower even before treatment because their symptoms are less likely to be recognized [33]. Racial bias in medicine not only exacerbates distrust of biomedical research, but also entrenches systemic healthcare disparities between racial and ethnic groups [34,35].