Racism and Health Care: What COVID-19 Has Exposed

Racism and Health Care: What COVID-19 Has Exposed

By Frances G. Padilla

Over the past few months, our systems have shown their true colors. Black people in the U.S.A. are dying at the hands of our health care system and justice system. Some are just beginning to realize these injustices, but many have been aware of them for a long time.

Yesterday we held an online discussion, “Racism and Health Care: What COVID-19 Has Exposed” to begin to unpack how racism in health care produces worse health outcomes for Black and Brown communities — and what we can do about it.

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