Categorisation and minoritisation
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2020
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Abstract
The disproportionate mortality of COVID-19 and brutality of protective institutions has shifted anti-racism
discourses into the mainstream. 1 Increased reckoning over categorisations of people demonstrate that racial
categories, while imprecise, fluid, time and context-specific, embody hierarchical power. We interrogate
categorisations used in the UK, South Africa and the USA; their origins and impact. We emphasise needing to
recognise commonality of power structures globally,while acknowledging specificity in local contexts.
In identifying such commonality, we encourage use of the term ‘minoritised’ as a universal alternative.
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COVID-19, Racial categories, Public health, Race, Discrimination
Citation
Selvarajah S,. et al. (2019). Categorisation and minoritisation. BMJ Global Health, 5, e004508. 10.1136/ bmjgh-2020-004508