“Academic racism” and the neglected scholarship of the anatomist M. Wharton Young, MD, PhD (1904–1986)

Heywood, Peter

doi:10.1177/0967772015622628

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“…These laws restricted where Black members could move, eat, sleep, and travel, and thus limited full participation of Black members in AAA events. Black members Drs William Montague Cobb and M. Young Wharton, for example, boycotted the 1957 (70th) AAA meeting held in Baltimore, Maryland because of discrimination at the conference hotel (Heywood, 2018). According to the Proceedings of the Seventieth Annual Meeting held in 1957, the membership voted to study a resolution about the location of future meetings of the association (Anonymous, 1957).…”

Section: Aaa Policies Procedures and Governance Structurementioning

confidence: 99%

Racism, structural racism, and the American Association for Anatomy: Initial report from a task force

Sumner

Hildebrandt

Nesbitt

et al. 2022

The Anatomical Record

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In 2021, the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) Board of Directors appointed a Task Force on Structural Racism to understand how the laws, rules, and practices in which the Association formed, developed and continues to exist affect membership and participation. This commentary is the first public report from the Task Force. We focus on African Americans with some comments on Jews and women, noting that all marginalized groups deserve study. Through much of its 130 year history, some members were an essential part of perpetuating racist ideas, the Association largely ignored racism and had some practices that prevented participation. The Task Force concluded that individual and structural racism within the AAA, combined with the broader social context in which the Association developed, contributed to the current underrepresentation of African Americans who constitute 4.1% of the membership even though 13.4% of the U.S. population is Black. Intentional efforts within the AAA to reckon with racism and other forms of bias have only begun in the last 10–20 years. These actions have led to more diverse leadership within the Association, and it is hoped that these changes will positively affect the recruitment and retention of marginalized people to science in general and anatomy in particular. The Task Force recommends that the AAA Board issue a statement of responsibility to acknowledge its history. Furthermore, the Task Force advocates that the Board commit to (a) sustaining ongoing projects to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion and (b) dedicating additional resources to facilitate novel initiatives.

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Section: Aaa Policies Procedures and Governance Structurementioning

confidence: 99%