Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Black Bodies, Black Health: Disrupting Structural Racism through Humanistic and Social Science Research confronts the assumption that White bodies are the norm, with Black bodies represented only in the context of disorder and disease. The resulting dehumanization helps to perpetrate the myth that biological differences can be explained by race, undermines women’s reproductive well-being, and enables unethical medical experimentation. The humanities and social sciences provide the intellectual framework for understanding the structures and systems that promote a distorted cultural imagination of disease. Recognizing their historical origins, and how they have been carried through to modern discourse creates an opportunity to disrupt pathways that have undermined wellness.</jats:p>