Comics as Anti-racist Education and Advocacy

By | May 1, 2021

Obuobi, S., Vela, M. B., & Callender, B. (2021). Comics as anti-racist education and advocacy. The Lancet 397 (10285), 1615-1617. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00940-5.

ABSTRACT:

Academic medicine is increasingly recognising the importance of teaching about structural racism in medicine to help ameliorate racial health-care disparities. Yet such teaching can be challenging and, in some settings, considered controversial. Leveraging the power of narrative, comics can contribute to education about structural racism.