Bassett M T
Department of Community Medicine, University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Am J Public Health. 2000 Nov;90(11):1690-3. doi: 10.2105/ajph.90.11.1690.
The United States shares with Zimbabwe and South Africa a history of racial subjugation. A revision of the US racial classification to allow membership in more than one group means race may no longer be an exclusive characteristic. These issues also have been debated in southern Africa. In this commentary, the author reviews race classification in southern Africa and the use of race-specific public health data. Comparisons of illness and death rates across race groups have shown the health consequences of White privilege and Black disadvantage. But current public health data are not divided by race. The consequences of this policy are discussed.
美国与津巴布韦和南非有着种族压迫的历史。美国对种族分类进行修订，允许人们属于不止一个群体，这意味着种族可能不再是一个排他性特征。这些问题在南部非洲也一直存在争议。在这篇评论文章中，作者回顾了南部非洲的种族分类以及按种族划分的公共卫生数据的使用情况。对不同种族群体的疾病和死亡率进行比较，揭示了白人特权和黑人劣势所带来的健康后果。但目前的公共卫生数据并未按种族划分。文章讨论了这一政策的后果。
