Considerations:

Use images that portray people of different races in a variety of roles—doctors, nurses, patients, etc.

Include representation of multiple races and ethnicities affected by a specific condition or illness. For example: when discussing skin conditions, show images of the condition as it presents on different skin colors. Chicken pox may look different on brown skin than it does on white skin.

Include images of different family dynamics in terms of race and ethnicity, including families that consist of mixed identities.

Cautions:

Avoid overusing images that portray racial identities only in one context.

For example: All doctors as one race, all depictions of a person of color as having a larger body.

Considerations:

Use adjectives to describe a person's racial or ethnic identity instead of nouns.

• Use "People of Mexican descent" or “Hispanic people” instead of "Mexicans."

• Use "Indian people" or “the Indian Community” instead of "Indians."

Use the term "people/person of color" if generally referring to non-white racial and ethnic identities. Be more specific when appropriate.

Acknowledge historical and systemic factors when appropriate.

Cautions:

Avoid using the term "minority" to describe an individual person. Depending on the reference population, the term may be numerically inaccurate and can otherwise imply inferiority.

Avoid using antiquated or offensive terms to refer to people's racial and ethnic identities.

• Instead of "foreigners" say "international people."

• Instead of "oriental" say "Asian" or be more specific if possible and use "Korean, Chinese, etc."

Considerations:

Acknowledge overlapping/intersecting identities.

For example, a native Hawaiian female adolescent will have a different experience than a non-native female adolescent who moved to Hawaii.

Cautions:

Avoid assumptions about an individual based on their race or ethnicity.

For example, not all Arab individuals are Muslim, and not all people of Mexican descent speak Spanish.

Considerations:

Consider factors beyond genetic differences that play a part in the health disparities of different racial and ethnic groups.

For example: social, economic & environmental disadvantages.

Cautions:

Do not confuse race and ethnicity with geographic origin.

For example, saying “Sickle Cell Disease is more common in Black people” is incorrect and excludes others affected. More appropriate is "Sickle Cell Disease is more common in people descended from Africa, India, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean." Additionally, not all Black people are descended from these regions, and do not have the same Sickle Cell Disease risk.