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Gendered racism can be identified by a simple comparison of the number of men who are in jail versus the number of men who have a good job. Specifically gendered racism can be identified by the Ratio of individuals who are Imprisoned versus having Senior-level Employment.
The Ratio of Imprisonment to Senior-level Employment (RISE) was developed by Desmond Banks, PhD, MPH, in 2022, during his work within the Office of Health Equity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dr. Banks sought a way to identify the root causes which lead to deaths of George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, Ahumaud Arberry, and other Black men who died during involvement with police.
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Through his analysis, Dr. Banks discovered that the vast majority of Black men who died during involvement with policy were unemployed or under-employed. Dr. Banks believes that gendered racism is the root cause of the deaths of these men, and that these and other Black men would still be alive if gendered racism was properly addressed.
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Dr. Banks developed RISE as means of identifying gendered racism, and evaluating policy and programmatic efforts to eliminate it. Dr. Banks created RISE to save the lives of Black males and to empower Black communities.
In addition to identifying gendered racism, RISE can be used as quantitative measurement of health equity, and as a tool to identify the impact of intersectionality.
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