作为药剂:智商,暴力,以及有毒元素的种族化
1Center for Latin American Studies, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Medical anthropology quarterly
|June 19, 2025
概括
中毒不成比例地影响全球边缘化社区,尽管禁止使用含汽油和油漆. 解决暴露问题需要承认其种族化性质和系统性不公正,而不仅仅是其对健康的影响.
科学领域:
- 环境毒理学环境毒理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 种族和健康的社会学.
背景情况:
- 在全球范围内,中毒仍然存在,特别是在边缘化社区,尽管汽油和油漆中广泛禁止使用.
- 当代关于人类暴露的讨论越来越多地被认为是复杂的种族化.
- 被视为一种"社会药剂",人们对暴露的感知"治疗"或社会反应往往低估了它对种族值人口的深刻生理危害.
研究的目的:
- 通过检查美国和秘鲁的毒理学和政治来分析人类暴露的种族化维度.
- 为了证明科学发现关于的神经毒性作用的科学发现,虽然旨在提高公众意识,但却无意中可以强化种族主义意识形态.
- 倡导一种更综合的方法来理解和解决中毒作为系统性种族不公正的症状.
主要方法:
- 在不同地理位置 (美国和秘鲁) 追踪毒理学和政治反应.
- 对科学研究和围绕暴露的公共叙述进行批判性话语分析.
- 探讨作为种族分层社区中的"社会药剂"的概念.
主要成果:
- 围绕人类暴露的当代话语是深深的种族化,将环境毒素与社会不平等联系起来.
- 关于的不良影响 (例如,智商下降,暴力增加) 的科学研究可能会使生物地理劣等感的种族主义特征延续,如果不加以背景化.
- 中毒的社会"治疗"或干预措施往往无法充分解决种族值社区所经历的系统生理伤害.
结论:
- 关于中毒的叙述必须超越仅仅关注个人或社区层面的健康影响.
- 在特定的当地环境中,将暴露的直接社会和物质伤害纳入其中至关重要.
- 暴露必须被理解并作为全球范围内的系统性种族不公正的关键症状加以解决.
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