"Systemic racism is the root cause of health care disparities." With #WhiteCoats4BlackLives, doctors and health care workers around the country amplify the voices of people of color...
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00:00Who dies more?
00:02Black people!
00:04Who suffers more?
00:06Black people!
00:08Who gets ignored?
00:10Black people!
00:12S-E-X-O!
00:14S-E-X-O!
00:16S-E-X-O!
00:18S-E-X-O!
00:20S-E-X-O!
00:22We never talk about
00:29We never talk about
00:31the fact that systemic racism
00:33is the root cause of health care disparities.
00:36And it is imperative
00:38that we teach medical students
00:41and those in the health care profession
00:43as learners, to understand
00:45systemic racism
00:47before asking them to
00:49to diagnose it in practice.
01:09So the White Coats for Black Lives hashtag
01:12and also organization really just says
01:17we in the healthcare system with our white coats
01:19are going to amplify the voices of the marginalized.
01:24I think that during the time of COVID-19
01:28where we were quarantining,
01:30there was this uncomfortable sense of isolation
01:35where for all of the right reasons,
01:38we were asked to stay at home.
01:40But then when I saw the world
01:43and specifically the medical community
01:46show up in such a strong way,
01:49it made me feel like I wasn't alone.
01:53In a lot of ways, it actually made me feel more connected
01:57at a time where I was the most isolated.
02:13Because the world sees me as a black woman,
02:30statistics show I am less likely to receive optimal care.
02:34I am less likely to receive optimal pain management.
02:37I am less likely to receive optimal time
02:40spent with my physician.
02:43Because the world sees me as a black woman,
02:46health outcomes are different for me.
02:48I think that we've known that health disparities
02:51in this country have been bad for years.
02:54And we also know the solutions to fix them.
02:57Increase diversity in healthcare.
02:59I think that there's this underlying assumption
03:01that it's going to happen naturally, but it's not.
03:08So of the many things I'd want to fix in healthcare,
03:12I really want there to be targeted initiatives,
03:15mandates from a national level, from a local level,
03:20from a school level on increasing diversity.
03:23Starting that pipeline as early as elementary school,
03:26because I firmly believe that
03:28you can't become what you don't see.