Abstract
The philanthropic-industrial complex fosters the belief that the most marginalized communities lack an existing repository of historical and contemporary knowledge to address social and health inequities. In so doing, philanthropy has contributed to the diminishing political power, legitimacy, and effectiveness of community voices and leadership in reproductive equity through research injustice, cultural arrogance, philanthropic redlining, and community harm. Black Feminism and Reproductive Justice, as mutually aligned theories and praxes, are described as new ethical standards for philanthropic accountability. Funders must embody the equity they aspire to see and build through the operationalization of cultural rigor to advance structural equity and racial justice and to sustain community engagement in research.
Highlights
Philanthropy has long been the driver of the greater good through the investment of private assets from a position of morality, emotions, and charity
Whether foundations that funded the education of free Black people after slavery, or those that helped build the social safety net, including health care, all became part of a philanthropic industrial complex that exists to this day.[1]
Philanthropy has contributed to the diminishing political power, legitimacy, and effectiveness of community voices and leadership through research injustice.[2]
Summary
Philanthropy has long been the driver of the greater good through the investment of private assets from a position of morality, emotions, and charity. Philanthropy has contributed to the diminishing political power, legitimacy, and effectiveness of community voices and leadership through research injustice.[2] The current funding of research on the Black reproductive health crisis is clear evidence of this. Obstetric violence and mistreatment have been globally documented across the world.[3] Reproductive injustice has been shown at the individual, community, and structural levels.[4] Clinical and public health research have provided crucial data that describes these problems, yet a lack of data exists about the role that funders, including local, state, and federal government as well as philanthropists, play in resolving health inequities through structural equity and racial justice.[5] A glossary of terms and definitions are included (Table 1) to support the reader’s understanding and interpretation of the material and concepts described in the analysis.
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