Addressing Racism in the Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking of Black Girls: The Role of Public Health Critical Race Praxis

In the United States and worldwide, the Black Lives Matter movement and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color have sparked challenging conversations about the deeply ingrained structural causes of racial disparities in the criminal justice system and other health-related as...

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Published in:Public health reports (1974) 2022-07, Vol.137 (1S), p.10S-16S
Main Authors: Cook, Mekeila C., Le, PhuongThao D., García, Jennifer J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Black Lives Matter movement
Black people
Commentary
COVID-19
Crime
Criminal justice
Discrimination
Exploitation
Female
Girls
Human trafficking
Human Trafficking - prevention & control
Humans
Judicial system
Praxis
Public Health
Race factors
Racial differences
Racial inequality
Racism
Sex
Sexual behavior
Systemic racism
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Summary:In the United States and worldwide, the Black Lives Matter movement and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color have sparked challenging conversations about the deeply ingrained structural causes of racial disparities in the criminal justice system and other health-related aspects of life in the United States. In the anti–sex trafficking field, the relationship between racial inequity among Black girls and domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST) is largely unexplored. In this article, we define DMST as the commercial sexual exploitation of a minor aged
ISSN:0033-3549
1468-2877
DOI:10.1177/00333549211058735