The killing of George Floyd on 25th May 2020 has generated long-lasting protests and triggered a strong reaction and global social condemnation. However, besides brutal violence and killing, racism can take several forms. Unveiling and fighting the hidden racism is a major goal in the medical, healthcare, and bioethics spheres. Bioethics in particular must take action and contribute to dismantle racism and promote equality and respect, thus defending everyone’s right to exist. To achieve this purpose, as argued in this work, there is a need to intervene at the roots of racism in bioethics, i.e. the production of knowledge relevant to our discipline and related subject areas. It is the epistemic ground indeed that informs the emergence of policies, practices, views, and perspectives, both racist and anti-racist.

Dalla violenza razzista al razzismo epistemico. La bioetica si interroga / Botrugno, C.. - In: JURA GENTIUM. - ISSN 1826-8269. - ELETTRONICO. - (2022), pp. 2.58-2.86.

Dalla violenza razzista al razzismo epistemico. La bioetica si interroga

Botrugno, C.
2022

Abstract

The killing of George Floyd on 25th May 2020 has generated long-lasting protests and triggered a strong reaction and global social condemnation. However, besides brutal violence and killing, racism can take several forms. Unveiling and fighting the hidden racism is a major goal in the medical, healthcare, and bioethics spheres. Bioethics in particular must take action and contribute to dismantle racism and promote equality and respect, thus defending everyone’s right to exist. To achieve this purpose, as argued in this work, there is a need to intervene at the roots of racism in bioethics, i.e. the production of knowledge relevant to our discipline and related subject areas. It is the epistemic ground indeed that informs the emergence of policies, practices, views, and perspectives, both racist and anti-racist.
2022
58
86
Botrugno, C.
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