Episode 40- Anti-Blackness in Medicine, Part II
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Continuing our conversation about how awful the American healthcare system is, we talk about how trauma takes a toll on the physical body and how experiencing systemic racism is a Big T trauma. And just in case you thought there was easy access to care to help those chronic conditions… there’s not! cw: racial violence
Further Reading:
Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Black and Blue by John Hoberman
Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth by Dana-Ain Davis
Fearing the Black Body: Racial Origins of Fatphobia by Sabrina Strings
Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care by Dayna Matthew
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