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forbidden words: inequities

inequities

noun, plural 

  1. lack of equity; unfairness; favoritism or bias.

  2. an unfair circumstance or proceeding.

from — Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words. (2025n). In Dictionary.com. 

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example sentences: inequities

“Racial minorities bear a disproportionate burden of morbidity and mortality. These inequities might be explained by racism, given the fact that racism has restricted the lives of racial minorities and immigrants throughout history. Recent studies have documented that individuals who report experiencing racism have greater rates of illnesses. While this body of research has been invaluable in advancing knowledge on health inequities, it still locates the experiences of racism at the individual level. Yet, the health of social groups is likely most strongly affected by structural, rather than individual, phenomena. The structural forms of racism and their relationship to health inequities remain under-studied.”
from — Gee, G. C., & Ford, C. L. (2011). STRUCTURAL RACISM AND HEALTH INEQUITIES. Du Bois Review Social Science Research on Race, 8(1), 115–132. 

“Health inequities among racial minorities are pronounced, persistent, and pervasive (). Racism may be one cause of these inequities. Studies find that individuals who report experiencing racism exhibit worse health than people who do not report it (). While this line of research has been invaluable in shifting the discussion from innate differences in biology or culture to social exposures, it is limited by inadequate attention to the multiple dimensions of racism, particularly structural racism. The goal of this article is to encourage new research on forms of structural racism that may contribute to health inequities.”
from — Gee, G. C., & Ford, C. L. (2011). STRUCTURAL RACISM AND HEALTH INEQUITIES. Du Bois Review Social Science Research on Race, 8(1), 115–132. 

“Health inequities are seen in many outcomes, including infant mortality, heart disease, and cancer (). A century ago,  recognized the connection between societal inequities and health inequities, raising several central arguments related to racism, poverty, and other social problems.”
from — Gee, G. C., & Ford, C. L. (2011). STRUCTURAL RACISM AND HEALTH INEQUITIES. Du Bois Review Social Science Research on Race, 8(1), 115–132. 

“Given that racism shapes the lives of people of color, it seems not only reasonable but necessary to study the hypothesis that racism influences health inequities.” 
from — Gee, G. C., & Ford, C. L. (2011). STRUCTURAL RACISM AND HEALTH INEQUITIES. Du Bois Review Social Science Research on Race, 8(1), 115–132. 

“Structural racism is defined as the macrolevel systems, social forces, institutions, ideologies, and processes that interact with one another to generate and reinforce inequities among racial and ethnic groups (). The term structural racism emphasizes the most influential socioecologic levels at which racism may affect racial and ethnic health inequities. Structural mechanisms do not require the actions or intent of individuals (). As fundamental causes, they are constantly reconstituting the conditions necessary to ensure their perpetuation (). Even if interpersonal discrimination were completely eliminated, racial inequities would likely remain unchanged due to the persistence of structural racism ().”
from — Gee, G. C., & Ford, C. L. (2011). STRUCTURAL RACISM AND HEALTH INEQUITIES. Du Bois Review Social Science Research on Race, 8(1), 115–132. 

“In health care, a health disparity is a ‘preventable difference in health outcomes’. Meanwhile, health inequities are ‘injustices that result from  systemic, avoidable, unfair, and unjust barriers, which create poor health’.”  
from — Christensen Institute. (2024, May 12). Disparities vs. Inequities: Why the right word matters. 

“Both disparities and inequities are symptoms of centuries old, societally engrained socioeconomic injustices in the US. While individual organizations have the power to address health disparities, inequities require a higher level of systemic action to reverse.”
from — Christensen Institute. (2024, May 12). Disparities vs. Inequities: Why the right word matters. 

On Monday, Rethink the Deal, a nonprofit organization focused on inequities in how federal taxes are distributed, launched a grassroots national storytelling campaign calling on national park visitors to submit personal reflections of how cuts negatively impacted their experience.
from — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025

Ultimately, the study highlights how although the most visible impacts of COVID-19 may have faded, their ripple effects, compounded by ongoing structural inequities, continue to shape life and death in California.
from — Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025

Additionally, due to historic inequities in access to swimming pools and swim instruction, Black children are significantly more likely to drown than white children.
from — Karen Cohn, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2025

July 26th, 2025
Hudson Valley, New York

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