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Racial Bias in Occupational Safety
13:26 - 22:43 (09:17)
This episode discusses the history of occupational safety and how racial bias has influenced it, including the idea that black workers were genetically predisposed to have a lack of appreciation for dangerous environments and the privilege of extended vacations given only to white workers in tropical environments.
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The idea that white people were more susceptible to tropical illnesses led to racial segregation and discrimination in the American Tropics during the early 1900s, with only white workers receiving extended vacations and furnished apartments while black and indigenous workers lived in poor conditions and did manual labor.
13:26 - 15:27 (02:01)
Summary
The idea that white people were more susceptible to tropical illnesses led to racial segregation and discrimination in the American Tropics during the early 1900s, with only white workers receiving extended vacations and furnished apartments while black and indigenous workers lived in poor conditions and did manual labor.
ChapterRacial Bias in Occupational Safety
EpisodePart Two: How The U.S.A. Murdered Panama with Chelsea Manning
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Black workers were deemed genetically inferior for their supposed "lack of appreciation for a dangerous environment" while working on the canal project, leading to a higher rate of fatal injuries being attributed to accidents rather than diseases.
15:27 - 17:48 (02:20)
Summary
Black workers were deemed genetically inferior for their supposed "lack of appreciation for a dangerous environment" while working on the canal project, leading to a higher rate of fatal injuries being attributed to accidents rather than diseases. Autopsy data was collected to further investigate supposed racial differences.
ChapterRacial Bias in Occupational Safety
EpisodePart Two: How The U.S.A. Murdered Panama with Chelsea Manning
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The sediment of racism in medical gatekeeping and disease control is complicated and deep, leading to untrue stereotypes and failed disease control measures, as exemplified by the US project in Panama Canal.
17:48 - 20:15 (02:26)
Summary
The sediment of racism in medical gatekeeping and disease control is complicated and deep, leading to untrue stereotypes and failed disease control measures, as exemplified by the US project in Panama Canal.
ChapterRacial Bias in Occupational Safety
EpisodePart Two: How The U.S.A. Murdered Panama with Chelsea Manning
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Black people accounted for the majority of workers during the construction of the Panama Canal, yet were subjected to Jim Crow laws from the United States.
20:15 - 22:43 (02:27)
Summary
Black people accounted for the majority of workers during the construction of the Panama Canal, yet were subjected to Jim Crow laws from the United States. Indigenous Panamanians also had no say in the creation of the canal.