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dc.contributor.authorWatson-Thompson, Jomella
dc.contributor.authorHassaballa, Ruaa H.
dc.contributor.authorValentini, Stephanie H.
dc.contributor.authorSchulz, Jonathan A.
dc.contributor.authorKadavasal, Priya Vanchy
dc.contributor.authorHarsin, Joshua D.
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Valerie M.
dc.contributor.authorHassaballa, Ithar H.
dc.contributor.authorEsiaka, Cynthia C.
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Eric C.
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-17T16:36:15Z
dc.date.available2023-02-17T16:36:15Z
dc.date.issued2022-10-17
dc.identifier.citationWatson-Thompson, J., Hassaballa, R.H., Valentini, S.H. et al. Actively Addressing Systemic Racism Using a Behavioral Community Approach. Behav. Soc. Iss. 31, 297–326 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42822-022-00101-6en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/33824
dc.description.abstractRecent police brutality and related violence against Black people, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, has further evidenced the disproportionate impact of systemic racism in our institutions and across society. In the United States, the alarming mortality rates for Black people due to police violence and COVID-19 related deaths are clear demonstrations of inequities within a long history of disparate outcomes. In understanding systemic racism, it is essential to consider how it is embedded within society and across socio-ecological levels. The Social-Ecological Model (SEM) is used to examine conditions within the environment that maintain systemic racism, including within our field and discipline. A behavioral-community approach for examining racism aids in determining points of intervention across multiple ecological levels that may contribute to behavior change, including with behaviorists. The science of behavior is well-suited to help examine the contingencies governing behaviors within and across systems, which is pivotal for addressing operant behaviors to influence long-term behavior change. This paper calls on the behavioral community to address systemic racism within our environments and systems of influence to contribute to a more equitable community. Systemic racism, including within the context of anti-Blackness, is examined by considering behavior change strategies that can be supported by behaviorists across socio-ecological levels. Tools for collaborative action are provided to support behaviorists in demonstrating the skills needed across a continuum of behaviors from allyship to anti-racism to actively address systemic racism.en_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2022. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectSystemic racismen_US
dc.subjectAllyen_US
dc.subjectBehavioral communityen_US
dc.subjectEcologicalen_US
dc.titleActively Addressing Systemic Racism Using a Behavioral Community Approachen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kuauthorWatson-Thompson, Jomella
kusw.kuauthorHassaballa, Ruaa H.
kusw.kuauthorValentini, Stephanie H.
kusw.kuauthorSchulz, Jonathan A.
kusw.kuauthorKadavasal, Priya Vanchy
kusw.kuauthorHarsin, Joshua D.
kusw.kuauthorThompson, Valerie M.
kusw.kuauthorHassaballa, Ithar H.
kusw.kuauthorEsiaka, Cynthia C.
kusw.kuauthorThompson, Eric C.
kusw.kudepartmentApplied Behavioral Scienceen_US
kusw.kudepartmentSchool of Education and Human Sciencesen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s42822-022-00101-6en_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2998-611Xen_US
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher versionen_US
kusw.oapolicyThis item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.en_US
dc.identifier.pmidPMC9576132en_US
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccessen_US


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