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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2018 Jan 2;199:11–18. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.12.027

Table 2.

Critical race theory principles of the Public Health Critical Race praxis (See also Baer et al., 1986 for a related discussion on critical medical anthropology.; List adapted from Ford & Airhihenbuwa, 2010b)

  1. Race is a social construct.

  2. Racialization, rather than race, is the fundamental source of racial health inequalities.

  3. Racism is ordinary, not exceptional, and embedded in the social fabric of society.

  4. Structural factors are the fundamental mechanism linking racial group membership to health inequities.

  5. Scholars must move beyond surface understandings of racial health inequities.

  6. Multiple social identities may intersect to impact health inequities within and across racial groups.

  7. Knowledge is socially constructed.

  8. Marginalized voices must be prioritized.

  9. Scholars must be deeply aware of their own racial position.

  10. Disciplinary norms may limit knowledge production about racial health inequities.