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When research teams have conflicting approaches to addressing health equity

Our research team is working on health disparities and we have this unspoken tension where the white members keep suggesting 'culturally sensitive' solutions while those of us with lived experience are trying to point toward systemic issues, but we can't seem to have a direct conversation about these different perspectives.

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A group working toward justice is hindered by their inability to address the power dynamics and different understandings within their own collaboration.

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“Where Are You with Healthcare equity and structural racism in medicine?”

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