Epistemology of ignorance that is “meant to denote an ignorance among whites – an absence of belief, a false belief, a set of false beliefs, a pervasively deforming outlook – that [is] not contingent but causally linked to their whiteness ( p:217).

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I think, there does not exist that kind of space. And I think a lot of people of color … or healthcare staff are traumatized by these situations. And they just keep going, because yeah … I mean, you can ask probably every person of color, who work with patients. I mean, it would be absolutely surprising for me, if any of them going through a racist situation that does not really affect them. But some of them…. they came to the conclusion that: “Okay, if no one cares, I will as well not care.” And that makes the problem very normalized. Degene die het boek vertaald heeft, maakte vaak spelfouten wat betreft woorden in enkelvoud/meervoud. Dat vond ik erg jammer. Sullivan S., Tuana N. (2007). Race and Epistemologies of Ignorance. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. [ Google Scholar] Pain R. (2009). Globalized Fear? towards an Emotional Geopolitics. Prog. Hum. Geogr. 33 ( 4), 466–486. 10.1177/0309132508104994 It’s undeniably true that emotions can, and do, cause a lot of problems. Even if they are an integral part of the process, they regularly disrupt rational thinking, by compelling us to think and act in ways that are counter to objective reason.The study of emotions has become central in sociology over the past decades ( Bericat, 2016). According to Wharton (2009) sociological literature on emotional labor can be roughly divided into studies that use emotional labor to understand the organization, structure, and social relations of service jobs. Furthermore, emotional labor has also been used to understand the efforts of individuals to express and regulate emotions but also the consequences of those efforts. This paper focuses on how employees manage their emotions at the workplace. But while a great deal of research has focused on how emotional labor is gendered, it is, as argued by Humphrey (2021) also “raced”, although racialized emotional labor is an unseen burden among public-sector employees and this suggests a need to examine the intersection of race and emotional labor. It is from this perspective we use racialized emotional labor in this paper to reflect on how ethnic minority healthcare staff describe how they manage their emotions when they encounter racism at work. Mueller J. C. (2017). Producing Colorblindness: Everyday Mechanisms of White Ignorance. Soc. Probl. 64 ( 2), 219–238. 10.1093/socpro/spw06110.1093/socpro/spx012

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After losing his dad to Covid-19, Dean Burnett found himself wondering what life would be like without them. And so, he decided to put his feelings under the microscope - for science. In Emotional Ignorance, Dean takes us on an incredible journey of discovery, stretching from the origins of life to the end of the universe. What's the point of nightmares? And why is it so impossible to forget embarrassing memories?Emotions can be a pain. For many minority healthcare workers, expressions of patients’ racial preferences are painful and degrading indignities, which cumulatively contribute to moral distress and burnout ( p: 710). There are some occasions where technology works against us, and we will have to postpone the event. We will notify you:By attending a Royal Institution event, audience members consent to being filmed, livestreamed, recorded and photographed. Audience members grant the Royal Institution the right to use recordings of any type made of their attendance in any and all media, and by means of publicity and promotion relating to the Royal Institution. School parties should ensure that appropriate parental permission is obtained before attendance at any Royal Institution event. We present in this section, an overview of the Swedish context of our research to demonstrate how the particular setting contributes to the silencing of racism. An open discussion about racism in Sweden is difficult in most institutions, including healthcare ( Alinia, 2020). This is partly due to Sweden’s self-image as an equal, antiracist, human rights defender and a haven for refugees ( Bäärnhielm et al., 2005). This self-image has its roots in the 17th century idea of the “hyperborea”, a Nordic version of eurocentrism, which enabled Sweden to have a double moral advantage in relation to colonization. On the one hand, Swedes could claim superiority vis a vis colonized peoples and on the other, as impartial explorers “in service of science and culture” ( Schough, 2008, 36–38, 52), they could distance themselves from other colonizers ( Björkert & Farahani, 2019; McEachrane, 2018). This moral high ground has been reinforced through the social and political movements of the 1960s and 1970s, when Sweden emerged on the international scene as a model of solidarity and equality, where decolonizing and anti-apartheid movements were widely supported, in the context of a strong welfare state identity ( Pred, 2001). Furthermore, Sweden has been among the most generous European countries towards refugees ( Hübinette & Lundström, 2014) at least prior to 2016, at which point a more restrictive refugee policy was put in place ( Migrationsverket, 2016). On the other hand, Sweden’s role in the production of racial biology during the 19th century for example, when Carl Von Linnaeus divided humans into four distinct races and Anders Retzius developed methods of measuring skull of “different races, is not widely discussed in Sweden ( McEachrane, 2018). Nonetheless these ideas helped to cement the idea of racial biological differences around the western world. The term “race” itself, was however removed from the Swedish law when, in 1973, the Swedish government argued to the United Nations that it was unnecessary to have laws against racism as the majority of Swedish people were regarded as anti-racist ( Hübinette & Lundström, 2014). Later, in 2014, the Integration Minister argued that the removal of “race” from the legal statutes would help Sweden steer away from xenophobia ( Mulinari & Neergaard, 2017), which effectively permitted institutional racism to persist, unchallenged. Burnett initially wrote on the topic of Emotional Intelligence (EQ), however, following his father’s demise, he decided to include his personal experiences alongside the science of emotions and their functions in our brain which results in the topic of Emotional Ignorance. Every study that supported Burnett’s views is considered to be a well-established fact about emotions, with other researchers presenting contrasting facts. Very up-close and personal, this book examines the role of emotions in numerous facets of life, ranging from the most fundamental biological processes to cutting-edge technology. It is a combination of scientific investigation, a journal of grief, and self-discovery that enables Burnett to confront his emotional naivety. Exploring grief has opened up doors for understanding and making sense of our experience which led Burnett to unlikely emotional phases yielding intriguing insights. An ethnic minority GP who was at the time of interview also a doctoral student elaborated on how the education of healthcare staff imparts ethics for medical work, stressing that the patient comes first. The GP doctoral student reflected on this in the following way: Scheurich J. J., Young M. D. (1997). Coloring Epistemologies: Are Our Research Epistemologies Racially Biased? Educ. Res. 26 ( 4), 4–16. 10.3102/0013189x026004004

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Chances are we all know someone who meets the description of alexithymia, yet few people are familiar with the term. In part this is because the overlapping concept of emotional intelligence, or the capacity to understand, recognize and respond to emotions in others and oneself, has eclipsed alexithymia in the public awareness. Emotional intelligence, however, does not encompass the deficits in imagination and dreaming typical of alexithymia, suggesting the trait relates to a broader struggle with internally focused thinking. Communication scientist Colin Hesse of the University of Missouri believes many people fail to recognize the seriousness of this trait: “[They] don't really believe that some people honestly might be disadvantaged, on a neurological level, in understanding and communicating emotions.” However, when you look closer at what the data says about the true nature of emotions, it could be argued that this approach is at best misguided, and in some cases actively counterproductive. For several reasons. Particularly where psychology is concerned. Greater understanding of emotions can lead to better science Sim W., Lim W. H., Ng C. H., Chin Y. H., Yaow C. Y. L., Cheong C. W. Z., et al. (2021). The Perspectives of Health Professionals and Patients on Racism in Healthcare: A Qualitative Systematic Review. PLOS ONE 16, e0255936. 10.1371/journal.pone.0255936 Third, the concept of ignorance plays a significant role both in criminal and civil law and, as a result of that, in the philosophy of law. Ignorance can provide a legal exculpation: because one was ignorant, one did not commit a crime in the first place. Ignorance can be a legal excuse: one did commit a crime, but one is not guilty for it because one was ignorant. And ignorance can count as an inculpation: one is culpable for committing a crime because of one’s ignorance.

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General practitioners (GPs) and surgeons described the way colleagues, particularly those junior to them in the organizational hierarchy, may attempt to take over their duties or report them to the boss for any small mistake. In one case, a GP noted during an interview that took place at a café, that being watched and reported to the chief, especially by junior colleagues – nurses and nurse aides – is regular and is very stressful for him. This participant reported an incident where he mistakenly double-booked a patient. Instead of talking to him, the nurse just sent the patient straight to the clinical unit manager. He said at the end ‘being watched is extremely stressful’ especially because he also has to hide his emotions from his white colleagues. All children under the age of 13 must be accompanied by an adult while in the theatre. The Royal Institution reserves the right to refuse admission to an unaccompanied child under the age of 13. It was the philosophers of ancient Greece who first identified these problems and described the structural deficiencies of our minds with a special term. They proposed that we suffer from akrasia, commonly translated as “weakness of will,” a habit of not listening to what we accept should be heard and a failure to act upon what we know is right. It is because of akrasia that crucial information is frequently lodged in our minds without being active in them, and it is because of akrasia that we often both understand what we should do and resolutely omit to do it. Wharton A. S. (2009). The Sociology of Emotional Labor. Annu. Rev. Sociol. 35 ( 1), 147–165. 10.1146/annurev-soc-070308-115944