Ep 46: Racism in the US Medical System

Tracie brings up a recent NFL announcement that they will change a racist policy, just another example of the systematic, racist oppression that permeates US society. This leads to a discussion between April and Tracie about the racism found within the United States medical system and why developing an effective racial justice analysis is so important. 

Check out our discussion/reflection questions for this episode: 

https://joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-46

Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com

Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director, and Tracie is a senior partner.: https://joyousjustice.com/

Read more of Tracie's thoughts at her blog, bmoreincremental.com

Read more about how the NFL used racist assumptions about Black players’ cognition here: https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002627309/nfl-says-it-will-halt-race-norming-and-review-brain-injury-claims

Understand why Black infants are less likely to die when they have Black doctors here: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/black-newborn-baby-survival-doctor-race-mortality-rate-disparity

Learn more about the opioid addiction crisis and racism here: https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/the-opioid-addiction-crisis-and-racism-a-long-troubled-history

Learn more about The Checklist Manifesto and Atul Gawande here: http://atulgawande.com/book/the-checklist-manifesto/