The Covid‐19 pandemic has revealed myriad social, economic, and health inequities that disproportionately burden populations that have been made medically or socially vulnerable. Inspired by state and local governments that declared racism a public health crisis or emergency, the Anti‐Racism in Public Health Act of 2020 reflects a shifting paradigm in which racism is considered a social determinant of health. Indeed, health inequities fundamentally rooted in structural racism have been exacerbated by the Covid‐19 pandemic, which calls for the integration of antiracist praxis to promote ethical public health research processes. This commentary describes ways in which antiracist praxis—which emphasizes empowerment of traditionally marginalized populations—offers strategies to explicitly address power imbalance, stigmatization, and other consequences of structural racism in public health research.

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公共卫生中的反种族主义实践：呼吁道德反思

Covid-19 大流行揭示了无数的社会、经济和健康不平等现象，这些不平等现象给在医疗或社会上处于弱势的人群带来了不成比例的负担。受宣布种族主义为公共卫生危机或紧急情况的州和地方政府的启发，2020 年《公共卫生反种族主义法案》反映了一种转变范式，其中种族主义被视为健康的社会决定因素。事实上，从根本上根植于结构性种族主义的健康不平等现象已因 Covid-19 大流行而加剧，这要求整合反种族主义实践以促进合乎道德的公共卫生研究过程。这篇评论描述了反种族主义实践——强调赋予传统边缘化人群权力——提供明确解决权力不平衡、污名化、.