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Nondiscrimination Policy Update

Boston Medical Center Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), religion, culture, physical or mental disabilities, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity and/or expression. BMCHS provides free aids and services to people with disabilities and free language services to people whose primary language is not English.

To read our full Nondiscrimination Statement, click here.

Systems of Oppression

Related Terms

Addiction

Noun

Age/Ageism

Noun

Anti-Blackness

Noun

Antisemitism

Noun

Bias

Noun

Codeswitch

Verb

Colonialism

Noun

Colorblind Ideology

Noun

Colorism

Noun

Competency bias

Noun

Cultural Appropriation

Noun

Discrimination

Noun

Enslaved Person

Noun

Expectancy bias

Noun

Fatphobia

Noun

Health Inequity

Noun

Implicit Bias

Noun

Intersectionality

Noun

Islamophobia

Noun

Microaggression

Noun

Misogyny

Noun

Model Minority

Noun

Myth of Meritocracy

Noun

Oppression

Noun

Patriarchy

Noun

Performative Activism

Noun

Prejudice

Noun

Privilege

Noun

Racial Inequities

Noun

Racism

Noun

Reconstructing credentials

Verb

Reverse Discrimination

Noun

Role (in)congruity

Noun

Sexism

Noun

Sexual Harassment

Noun

Social Stigma

Noun

Stereotype priming

Noun

Stereotype Threat

Noun

Substance Use Disorder

Noun

TERF

Noun

Tokenism

Noun

Transphobia

Noun

White Privilege

Noun

White Supremacy

Noun
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Commit to using the Glossary for Culture Transformation as a tool to be an ally and champion of justice, equity, and belonging. This Words Matter pledge is adapted from and inspired by the work of BMC's Grayken Center for Addiction to end the stigma surrounding substance use disorders and people in recovery.

216 have pledged so far.