Fitzsimons, Camilla and Nwanze, Lillian
(2023)
Can Critical Education Help Address Racial Discrimination in Irish
Maternity Settings?
Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 20 (3).
pp. 215-242.
ISSN 2051-0969
Abstract
This study focuses on how self-selecting Muslim women navigated
Irish maternity services and uncovers ways in which their care was
shaped by often unconscious but nonetheless harmful discriminatory
policies and practices. We share examples of overt racism, negative
attitudes and a failure to support often basic cultural needs. Some
healthcare workers corroborate the stories these women share, for
others ‘race’ was an uncomfortable topic. We argue that although
education can help, this must be rooted in Freirean, critical
pedagogic philosophies that seek to politicise learners by not only
illuminating their own prejudicial practices, but by locating these
behaviours in an analysis of a global socio-economic model of
neoliberal capitalism that relies on structural racism (and patriarchy)
for its own survival.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Critical education; structural racism; maternity care; Muslim
experiences; workplace education; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Adult and Community Education |
| Item ID: |
18062 |
| Depositing User: |
Camilla Fitzsimons
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| Date Deposited: |
23 Jan 2024 15:44 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies |
| Publisher: |
Institute for Education Policy Studies |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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