Promoting Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Pain Science
Tonya Mizell Palermoa, Karen Deborah Davisb c, Didier Bouhassirad, Robert W. Hurleye, Joel D Katzf, Francis J. Keefeg, Michael E Schatmanh i, Dennis C. Turkj, David Yarnitskyk
- aDepartment of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Electronic address: tonya.palermo@seattlechildrens.org
- bDepartment of Surgery and Institute of Medical Science, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network
- cUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- dInserm U987, APHP, UVSQ, Paris-Saclay University, Ambroise Pare Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
- eDepartment of Anesthesiology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- fDepartment of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- gDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
- hDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
- iDepartment of Population Health - Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
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Abstract
Science and medicine have a long and troubling history of reinforcing racist, antiethnic, and sexist attitudes and beliefs, as well as ignoring and mistreating marginalized people. In their editorial in Nature,27 entitled “Science must overcome its racist legacy”, Nobles and colleagues describe how the scientific enterprise has reinforced racist beliefs and cultures over time. For example, the authors discuss the impact of colonization on racism, including how apartheid, imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and eugenics were memorably endorsed by science.