CONTENDING WITH THE MEDICAL IMPACT OF HATE SPEECH OVERVIEW - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

ANGE-MARIE HANCOCK ALFARO PROFESSOR & CHAIR, GENDER STUDIES, DORNSIFE CONTENDING WITH THE MEDICAL IMPACT OF HATE SPEECH

OVERVIEW THINKING ABOUT CHARLOTTESVILLE  THE MEDICAL IMPACT OF BIAS  INTENTIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 

SIGNALS-SPILLOVER-BLOWBACK CYCLE Social movements’ successes and failures SIGNAL other movements about political opportunities, etc. Based on said signals, other movements try to duplicate or avoid the outcomes of other social movements’ policy change efforts, creating SPILLOVER effects. In American democracy, few if any policy changes are permanent. Opponents can mobilize to overturn policies, or social movements may have push for additional changes. Both constitute the BLOWBACK portion of the cycle.

ATTACKS ON HUMAN DIGNITY: HATE SPEECH & DISCRIMINATION Before they protest the controversial speaker, ask the prior questions: 1. What else about this life on USC’s campus are they bringing into the situation? 2. What about this country’s current climate is affecting their experience of the campus climate? 3. What expertise should I develop to contend with the changing demographics of higher education?

BEHAVIORAL EVIDENCE OF IMPLICIT BIAS Teachers’ unconsciously calling more frequently on White and Asian students than on Black students (AERA J  2010; see also Teaching of Psychology 2009) Assuming Black children are older and less innocent than other children (J of Pers & Social Psych 2013;  Georgetown Law Center on Poverty & Inequality 2017) Doctors’ decreased willingness to prescribe life -saving treatments (e.g. referral for thrombolysis) to Black patients  DESPITE no expressed racism (J of Gen Med 2007) Doctors’ decreased prescription of pain medication to Black children experiencing post-op pain (2013) and ER  patients: Hispanics [sic] (1993)

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT  Increased risk of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) (J of Anxiety Disorders) *  PTSD symptoms attributable to exposure to constant pressure from racially hostile contexts (DSM-5, 2013)  Stereotype threat that produces anxiety about test-taking, and lower results (Steele and Aronson, 1995)  TAKEAWAY: CHRONIC STRESS IS CREATED IN CHRONICALLY UNSAFE OR HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS

THE PHYSICAL IMPACT*  Hypertension, arterial calcification, cardiovascular disease  Breast cancer, pre-menstrual dysmorphic disorder  Asthma  Visceral and adipose fat * Clark, Anderson, Clark and Williams 1999; Albert and Williams 2011; Hicken, Lee et al., 2013; Lewis, Cogburn and Williams 2015

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SHOULD FEATURE… …Self -Reflection …Collaborative Intellectual Inquiry …Student - Centered Approach …Opportunities to Transform Academic Power Relations

OPENING THE DISCUSSION

SENDING A SIGNAL: ENDOWED CHAIR SEARCH SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL REQUEST Instructions: Please send a list of the past 10 years of graduate students whom you have advised as dissertation or thesis chair. Student Name Preferred Self-Identified Graduate Program Gender Pronoun Ethnicity Level / Current Position Ex: Jane Mozart She Native American PhD/Assistant Professor

SUPPORTING GRADUATE STUDENTS ANNUAL BLACK PHD STUDENT GRADUATE CHRISTIAN MIXER FELLOWSHIP ADVISING Schools Represented: Annenberg, Cinema, Schools Represented: Annenberg, Cinema, Dornsife, Rossier Dornsife, Marshall, Thornton,