CPLS GU4325

I learned so much critical knowledge through this class. The professor, guest speakers, and my peers were all extremely passionate and knowledgeable. It was great to learn both the pervasive history of racism in medicine as well as models of anti-racist & abolition work in medical spaces.

I learned about the history of racism in medicine, as well as about recent activist movements related to health. I also learned how to critically apply anti-racist thinking to today's issues.

I learned about the history of racist practices in medicine and how to enact community health activism to combat modern day discriminatory practices. I learned to think critically and interrogate current systems in our society- to always ask who is being left out by certain practices and policies.

I loved this course, just wish we had been in person! 1 Columbia University: Arts & Sciences Spring 2021 Course: CPLSGU4325_001_2021_1-AbolitionMedicine:MedicalRacismsand : CPLSGU4325_001_2021_1 - Abolition Medicine: Medical Racisms and Instructor: Sayantani Dasgupta

This course was exceptional. I came to understand eugenics and medical racism and structural oppression in medicine in a completely different and more radical way than in other courses. I think this course is an excellent blend of theory and academic coupled with the practical. How to bring my skills and knowledge in Narrative Medicine to the world. This course was an elective for me but it absolutely should be part of the Narrative Medicine course. Essential learning. I learned to think and write in a collaborative way which was highly productive.

How to apply the framework of abolition to the field of medicine: firstly by understanding the eugenicist, racist, ableist foundations of the medical system and secondly, by envisioning what an abolitionist future in medicine (involving different systems of care, etc.) could involve.

- how to critically re-examine the history of medicine from the perspective of the health professional and patient

This course not only educated me about medical histories and current structures of oppression in medicine, especially changed how I conceptualize abolition as a framework, theory, and practice.

Eugenics, medical racisms, anti-racist health practices, xenophobia in public health Using theory to analyze health-related images, advertisements, etc. Intersectionality, positionality, abolitionism

I learned about medical racism that is eugenics and racist experimentation to public health xenophobic fear mongering. Also I learned about medical and grassroots anti-racist practices: from the free health clinics and hospital takeovers of the Black Panther and Young Lords Parties, to environmental activism in Flint and the Sioux Rock Reservation to antiracist AIDS and COVID activism.