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katiemacmorran 's review for:
Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
by Uché Blackstock
Loved the memoir aspect of this and hearing her personal experiences was very moving. The research did feel very surface level with a fair amount of “we know this” blanket statements, so I would have loved a deeper dive. I am taking this as a nudge to do more research on my own!
Especially with the current dismantling of DEI initiatives across the country, it’s gut wrenching to know how broken and skewed the healthcare industry is. In particular, the still-declining maternal death rate for black birthing persons, her own appendicitis experience, and the stories of medical experiments on enslaved children made me sick to my stomach
Especially with the current dismantling of DEI initiatives across the country, it’s gut wrenching to know how broken and skewed the healthcare industry is. In particular, the still-declining maternal death rate for black birthing persons, her own appendicitis experience, and the stories of medical experiments on enslaved children made me sick to my stomach