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The European Journal of Public Health 2007 17(3):238-241; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckm039
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

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Racism in health and health care in Europe: reality or mirage?

Raj S Bhopal

Bruce and John Usher Professor of Public Health, Public Health Sciences Section, Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh Teviot Place, Edinburgh, UK

Correspondence: Raj S Bhopal, Bruce and John Usher Professor of Public Health, Public Health Sciences Section, Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, EH89AG, Edinburgh, UK, tel: (0)1316503216 (switchboard extension 1000); fax: (0)1316506909; e-mail: Raj.Bhopal@ed.ac.uk

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   Importance of racism in Europe—present and past
 
Racism is a belief that some races are superior to others, justifying actions that create inequality by favouring the supposedly superior groups. In practice, the definition of race is broadened to include ethnic, religious, and other similar groups, so discrimination on such grounds is also termed racism. Some people deny that racism is common in modern, industrialized, multi-ethnic societies. Wherever research is done, however, it shows racism is important. In a national representative survey in the 1990s by the UK Policy Studies Institute, for example, 20–26% of the White participants admitted in an interview to have prejudice against Asian, Caribbean or Muslim ethnic minorities.1 In fact, the figure is likely to be larger, for some people do not give publicly unacceptable answers in interview. It would be interesting to see comparable data from other European countries; the results would surely be equally and perhaps even more uncomfortable.

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   Racism in service delivery, ethnocentrism, and equity
 

   Using race and ethnicity to combat racism and achieve equity
 

   The example of Scotland—a late starter, making rapid progress in the context of social justice in the UK
 

   Conclusion
 

   Acknowledgement of sources
 

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