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WEEK 4: PUBLIC HEALTH

TODAY'S CHALLENGE: HISTORICAL RACISM AND BIAS IN MEDICINE


“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
- James Baldwin

The history of the exploitation and brutalization of people of color by doctors and others in the medical field is one of America's most tragic and largely untold stories. Thanks to the work of people like Harriet Washington, author of Medical Apartheid, there is a new willingness to grapple with the impact of this trauma. Knowing our past is the first step towards a more equitable future.

 
WE CHALLENGE YOU TO TAKE...
Watch this video about the history of institutional racism in American medicine and how racist 18th-century beliefs and practices are still leading to adverse health outcomes for people of color today.
WATCH
Listen to this podcast about the United States Supreme Court ruling, Buck v. Bell, that institutionalized the racist eugenics movement and led to 70,000 forced sterilizations of people of color and people with physical and mental disabilities.
LISTEN
Read this article about how racist stereotypes led to approximately 20,000 people – many of them Latinx – being forcibly sterilized in California and how this is echoed in the political landscape today. 
READ
PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK ACTION ALERT

LEVEL 1: Washington State's Hispanic/Latinx infants have the country's lowest mortality rate, which is something to celebrate. However, babies of other minority groups fare worse compared to other nearby states. And compared to similarly industrialized nations, the state's overall infant mortality rate (and rates for the entire U.S.) could stand to improve.

LEVEL 2: Talk to your company/organization's HR department about their parental leave policy and other systems in place to support new parents.

LEVEL 3: Write a letter to your local elected officials urging them to declare racism a public health crisis.
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