In this segment of the Science Behind Addiction LIVE video series, University of Maryland, Baltimore County President, Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski and NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow ask, how do we face the challenge of equity in science?
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Transcript
[Dr. Nora Volkow speaking]
When you speak about emboldening someone and teaching them not to ever give up, you actually have to consider what are the conditions, and how do we bring someone that may have come from a very deprived environment there. So, what are your thoughts?
[Dr. Freeman Hrabowski speaking]
If you're privileged and you can look around and see the options and make choices, that’s one thing. But when you never had someone teach you about the possibilities, then your universe of choices becomes so limited that you really don't have the chance. So, it is important for us to remember many children and people are in such a difficult situation they don't have the chance right now. And that’s why all the other challenges we’re facing with structural racism in our country are so important right now that we don’t isolate science from the issues of structural racism.