Community Action Committee, Racial Justice Roundtable Talk, Second Session: 10/25
The Community Action Committee will host its second Racial Justice Roundtable Talk (RJRT) on Cultural Appropriation & Racism in Healthcare. This session will meet via Microsoft Teams, please contact Lonnie McAllister, Lonnie.McAllister@usdoj.gov for details.
Meeting 2: Cultural Appropriation & Racism in Healthcare
Date: October 25, 2021
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Prior to the meeting, DOJABA participants are encouraged to review the following:
Podcast
The 1619 Project (Episode 3: The Birth of American Music; Episode 4: How the Bad Blood Started)
Reading
Episode 3 transcript: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/podcasts/1619-black-american-music-appropriation.html?showTranscript=1
Episode 4 transcript: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/podcasts/1619-slavery-healthcare.html
Black Music & Culture Appropriation NY Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/music-black-culture-appropriation.html
Discussion Questions
What lines/images/moments stuck out to you while listening to the podcast, and why did they stick out?
Throughout history how has popular music used traditions and styles developed by Black Americans?
How have healthcare policies, city planning and other government systems in the U.S. limited access to healthcare services?
How have racist medical practices and attitudes influenced the medical treatment that Black Americans have received throughout history and continue to receive today?
How can we use what we have learned today and make an impact on future generations?
Supplemental Material
Don’t Cash Crop On My Cornrows – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1KJRRSB_XA
Summer of Soul – Hulu
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Netflix
Underground (Follows the story of plantation slaves that band together for the fight of their lives-for their families, their future and their freedom.) – Hulu
Good Hair – Peacock & Netflix
