In this episode, my research partner, Callen Wallace, and I discuss explore the issue of medical mistrust— the roots, implications, and impact on BIPOC women's health outcomes. We argue that medical mistrust plays a pivotal role in perpetuating disparate negative health outcomes, and is a result of both historical mistreatment and implicit bias in medicine that has long plagued those who have the  intersectional identities of women belonging to a minority race/ethnicity. 

Some of the key concepts we discuss are intersectionality and biopower, and how these factors interplay to maintain the subordination and suffering of BIPOC women. Specifically, we take a look at the death of Dr. Susan Moore, Indigenous women's sterilization, and a physician-perspective on it all.. 

And as promised, the links are attached below:

Kimberle Crenshaw’s podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intersectionality-matters/id1441348908

Dorothy Robert's Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/speakers/dorothy_roberts

More on Biopower: https://globalsocialtheory.org/concepts/biopower/

We hope you enjoy this very important discussion, stay tuned for the passionate conclusion. If you're interested in our research, please contact me for our references and additional materials at [email protected]