Undue burden: Black faculty, COVID-19, and the racial justice movement
A crucial reckoning was initiated when the COVID-19 pandemic began to expose and intensify long-standing racial/ethnic health inequities, all while various sectors of society pursued racial justice reform. As a result, there has been a contextual shift towards broader recognition of systemic racism,...
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| author | Tracy M. Layne Uraina S. Clark Nihal E. Mohamed Sarah J. Miller Jamilia R. Sly Holden E. Kata Varuna Astha Steven A. Lawrence Yvette Hutson Kirk N. Campbell Emma K.T. Benn |
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| description | A crucial reckoning was initiated when the COVID-19 pandemic began to expose and intensify long-standing racial/ethnic health inequities, all while various sectors of society pursued racial justice reform. As a result, there has been a contextual shift towards broader recognition of systemic racism, and not race, as the shared foundational driver of both societal maladies. This confluence of issues is of particular relevance to Black populations disproportionately affected by the pandemic and racial injustice. In response, institutions have initiated diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts as a way forward. This article considers how the dual pandemic climate of COVID-19-related health inequities and the racial justice movement could exacerbate the “time and effort tax” on Black faculty to engage in DEI efforts in academia and biomedicine. We discuss the impact of this “tax” on career advancement and well-being, and introduce an operational framework for considering the interconnected influence of systemic racism, the dual pandemics, and DEI work on the experience of Black faculty. If not meaningfully addressed, the “time and effort tax” could contribute to Black and other underrepresented minority faculty leaving academia and biomedicine – consequently, the very diversity, equity, and inclusion work meant to increase representation could decrease it. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0446973f80542849fd394e965860c9b2023-03-09T12:31:13ZengCambridge University PressJournal of Clinical and Translational Science2059-86612023-01-01710.1017/cts.2022.460Undue burden: Black faculty, COVID-19, and the racial justice movementTracy M. Layne0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3733-4886Uraina S. Clark1Nihal E. Mohamed2Sarah J. Miller3Jamilia R. Sly4Holden E. Kata5Varuna Astha6Steven A. Lawrence7Yvette Hutson8Kirk N. Campbell9Emma K.T. Benn10Blavatnik Family Women’s Health Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Center for Scientific Diversity, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USACenter for Scientific Diversity, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USACenter for Scientific Diversity, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Department of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USADepartment of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Center for Scientific Diversity, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USADepartment of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Center for Scientific Diversity, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USADepartment of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Center for Scientific Diversity, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USADepartment of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Center for Scientific Diversity, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USADepartment of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Grossman School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, USADepartment of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Center for Scientific Diversity, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USACenter for Scientific Diversity, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USADepartment of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Center for Scientific Diversity, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USAA crucial reckoning was initiated when the COVID-19 pandemic began to expose and intensify long-standing racial/ethnic health inequities, all while various sectors of society pursued racial justice reform. As a result, there has been a contextual shift towards broader recognition of systemic racism, and not race, as the shared foundational driver of both societal maladies. This confluence of issues is of particular relevance to Black populations disproportionately affected by the pandemic and racial injustice. In response, institutions have initiated diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts as a way forward. This article considers how the dual pandemic climate of COVID-19-related health inequities and the racial justice movement could exacerbate the “time and effort tax” on Black faculty to engage in DEI efforts in academia and biomedicine. We discuss the impact of this “tax” on career advancement and well-being, and introduce an operational framework for considering the interconnected influence of systemic racism, the dual pandemics, and DEI work on the experience of Black faculty. If not meaningfully addressed, the “time and effort tax” could contribute to Black and other underrepresented minority faculty leaving academia and biomedicine – consequently, the very diversity, equity, and inclusion work meant to increase representation could decrease it.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866122004605/type/journal_articleMinority taxdiversityequityinclusionracial justicehealth inequitiesworkforce diversitytime and effort tax |
| spellingShingle | Tracy M. Layne Uraina S. Clark Nihal E. Mohamed Sarah J. Miller Jamilia R. Sly Holden E. Kata Varuna Astha Steven A. Lawrence Yvette Hutson Kirk N. Campbell Emma K.T. Benn Undue burden: Black faculty, COVID-19, and the racial justice movement Journal of Clinical and Translational Science Minority tax diversity equity inclusion racial justice health inequities workforce diversity time and effort tax |
| title | Undue burden: Black faculty, COVID-19, and the racial justice movement |
| title_full | Undue burden: Black faculty, COVID-19, and the racial justice movement |
| title_fullStr | Undue burden: Black faculty, COVID-19, and the racial justice movement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Undue burden: Black faculty, COVID-19, and the racial justice movement |
| title_short | Undue burden: Black faculty, COVID-19, and the racial justice movement |
| title_sort | undue burden black faculty covid 19 and the racial justice movement |
| topic | Minority tax diversity equity inclusion racial justice health inequities workforce diversity time and effort tax |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866122004605/type/journal_article |
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