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Dismantling Racism: The Game of Change | Community Classroom Series
October 29, 2020 @ 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
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October 29 | 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
OPEN TO STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY & TRI-CITIES COMMUNITY
Racism in our world is not a new issue. In the current climate no one wants to be deemed “bad” but people struggle with maintaining systems of power and privilege and being deemed a “good” person. While faculty and community practitioners have some knowledge of the historical roots of structural racism, there is a lack of awareness of the impact of this social construct, and that it is supported by implicit bias. Through the lens of medical education and popular culture we will explore how this works and what we can do address and stifle it in academe and society.
This workshop/discussion will offer members of various communities the language and practices to move the “center at the margins” – that is to shift their view point from a majority group’s perspective to that of the marginalized group or groups. We plan to provide strategies to help faculty become more aware of the problems of bias and structural racism. We will broach ways to reduce the systemic impact on resident and other faculty evaluations. Utilizing principles presented in work by Dr. Robert R. Gaiser on teaching professionalism: i.e. reflective thinking, metacognition, and transformational learning in a small group interactive environment we hope to translate practices that are applicable to things like sports culture and daily life.
SPEAKERS
Dr. Thabiti Lewis
Thabiti Lewis is professor of English and interim associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at Washington State University, Vancouver. He is also the editor of Conversations with Toni Cade Bambara and Ballers of the New School: Race and Sports in America. He writes extensively about masculinity, sports, and popular culture and has published work in the areas of literary studies and history and popular culture and critical race. He has lectured widely about critical race, masculinity and sports culture. Professor Lewis conducts a workshop called “The Anti-racist Locker” and has worked with Dr. Theard to examine approaches for eliminating or reducing systemic racism in medical education and society.
Dr. Marie Theard, MD
Dr. Theard completed her residency at University of Illinois in Chicago and a fellowship in Neuroanesthesia at Washington University in St. Louis. She is currently director of Neuroanesthesia in the Dept. of Anesthesiology at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Theard has published several articles illuminating the limitations of structural racism in academia and education, conducted surveys on DEI, and workshops examining approaches for eliminating or reducing systemic racism in medical education. As a former co-chair and now member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee of the Society of Neurosciences in Anesthesiology and Critical care, she has hosted conferences to address how to improve medical training in order to effect more equity and inclusion in medicine. In an effort to engage Portland’s African American community, she was recently awarded a mentorship grant from the American Society of Anesthesiology’s Professional Diversity Committee to begin a pipeline project to increase interest among African American high school students for careers in medicine.
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