Reflections on the use of discriminatory terms based on skin color in the educational process of medical sciences)

Authors

  • Nancy Narcisa Mercadet Portillo University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas. Faculty of Medical Sciences of Matanzas “Dr. Juan Guiteras Gener”, Matanzas. Cuba
  • Judith Martínez Abreu University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas. Faculty of Medical Sciences of Matanzas “Dr. Juan Guiteras Gener”, Matanzas. Cuba
  • Yonathan Estrada Rodríguez Medical Student
  • Lianelys de la Caridad Díaz Berrío University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas. Faculty of Medical Sciences of Matanzas “Dr. Juan Guiteras Gener”, Matanzas. Cuba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46661/ccselap-11760

Keywords:

Race, Racial Discrimination, Teaching-Educational Process

Abstract

The authors of this research work intend to reflect on the use of discriminatory terms based on skin color in the teaching-educational process in the training of future Cuban health professionals. This requires an investigation not only into the difficulties detected, but also into the causes that provoke them with a multidisciplinary approach for a subsequent design of the work strategy to follow, based on compliance with the system of actions planned for the various spaces occupied by the professional training process.

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Author Biographies

Nancy Narcisa Mercadet Portillo , University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas. Faculty of Medical Sciences of Matanzas “Dr. Juan Guiteras Gener”, Matanzas. Cuba

PhD in Philological Sciences. Professor. Faculty of Medical Sciences of Matanzas Dr. Juan Guiteras Gener. Coordinator of the Working Group on Human Trafficking and Manifestations of Racialism at the University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas.

Judith Martínez Abreu, University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas. Faculty of Medical Sciences of Matanzas “Dr. Juan Guiteras Gener”, Matanzas. Cuba

PhD in Stomatology. Specialist II degree in Periodontology and in Health Organization and Administration. Assistant Professor. Master of Science. PhD candidate in Health Sciences. President of the Chair “Without discrimination or racism” of the University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas.

Yonathan Estrada Rodríguez, Medical Student

Fifth-year medical student. Member of the Chair “Without discrimination or racism”, Secretary of Teaching and Research at FEU and Director of the MedEst Student Scientific Journal of the University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas.

Lianelys de la Caridad Díaz Berrío , University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas. Faculty of Medical Sciences of Matanzas “Dr. Juan Guiteras Gener”, Matanzas. Cuba

First-year student of Clinical Bioanalysis. Member of the Chair “Without discrimination or racism” and Collaborator of the Scientific Student Journal MedEst of the University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas.

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Published

2025-06-30

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Mercadet Portillo , N. N., Martínez Abreu, J., Estrada Rodríguez, Y., & Díaz Berrío , L. de la C. (2025). Reflections on the use of discriminatory terms based on skin color in the educational process of medical sciences). Comparative Cultural Studies: European and Latin American Perspectives, (20), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.46661/ccselap-11760

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No. 20 (2025): Afro-American cultures: syncretism, transculturation and popular traditions

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Monograph

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