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SUMMARY:Racial health equity and the question of Black (non?)being: Explo
 ring the uses of Afropessimism in approaches to anti-racist health promo
 tion - Tanisha Spratt
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DESCRIPTION:In this CoDE lunchtime seminar\, Tanisha Spratt from Kings Co
 llege London shares her research.\n\nSUMMARY\nAfropessimism is a critica
 l framework that is often used to analyse anti-Black violence and its de
 ep entrenchment within systems and structures that perpetuate Black subj
 ugation. By conceptualising Black life as ‘non-life\,’ afropessimism exa
 mines how anti-Black violence shapes health disparities\, influencing wh
 o is deemed worthy of care and underscoring the systemic nature of this 
 (d)evaluation. This framework holds significant potential for anti-racis
 t efforts that aim to address Black health disparities by exposing their
  root causes. However\, afropessimism’s central claim – that Black peopl
 e are not only excluded from the category of the ‘human’ but are also po
 sitioned as its antithesis – poses challenges for anti-racist strategies
  focused on affirming recognitions of Black humanity to achieve health e
 quity. This paper critically investigates the role of afropessimism in a
 nti-racist health promotion by examining divergent perspectives within i
 ts schools of thought. While all scholars who engage with afropessimist 
 frameworks critically interrogate the systemic inequities that harm Blac
 k populations\, they differ in their views on the potential for Black li
 fe within and beyond current anti-Black systems and structures. These di
 fferences lead to varying implications for advancing anti-racist health 
 initiatives and promoting health justice through afropessimism. By analy
 sing how afropessimism may inform anti-racist health frameworks\, this p
 aper explores how its distinct theoretical perspectives can enrich\, cha
 llenge\, and constrain efforts to dismantle racial health inequities.\n\
 nHOW TO JOIN US\nYou can attend this seminar in person or online. The se
 minar will not be recorded. If there are any changes to this event we wi
 ll share them on this page\, so please check back here before you travel
 .  \nZoom link: https://zoom.us/j/93991099090. \n\nFINDING US AND ACCESS
 IBILITY\nSee links on this page to the University of Manchester Maps pag
 e (for information on getting to the university and finding the building
 ) and AccessAble (for accessibility information). For any other accessib
 ility questions please contact us. 
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Room 3.9\, Roscoe Building\, Manchester
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