Pls, @GovWhitmer & @freep, investigate these tragic conditions, not only for this family but all other black families & POC. CV19 has revealed deep & widening fault lines of injustice across the board.
Of course many racist structures are at fault, not just those in medicine.
Of course many racist structures are at fault, not just those in medicine.
Wide disparities in access to healthy living conditions, adequate access to healthy foods in food deserts, massive disparities involving unhealthy work environments w/lax OSHA surveillance & enforcement, pay inequities, inadequate health insurance & medical leave.
Many racist structures contribute to decisions by med staff in CV19 treatment. It's not just individuals making decisions but rather individuals making decisions within a system that rewards those who deny care despite very obvious indications care is needed.
These disparities are untenable.The hospital and all the medical workers supporting decisions turning this family away should be ASHAMED for their contribution when they should have stood up for this man.
Yes, they work under horrible conditions & are bound to make mistakes.
Yes, they work under horrible conditions & are bound to make mistakes.
My heart goes out to all the hospital staff for the pressure they are under. But there shouldn't be ANY DISPARITIES BY RACE in statistics on treatment given or withheld.
It is reasonable to expect those mistakes will follow consistent statistical patterns regardless of race.
It is reasonable to expect those mistakes will follow consistent statistical patterns regardless of race.
Other conditions outside the hospital contribute to a higher death rate.
But the decision not to treat is the hospital's alone.
Racism is a verb. It exists in actions taken, not in the presentation of an overt racist identity.
It is even worse in indigenous communities.
But the decision not to treat is the hospital's alone.
Racism is a verb. It exists in actions taken, not in the presentation of an overt racist identity.
It is even worse in indigenous communities.
Don't accept defensive talk from "good white liberals who don't have a racist bone in their bodies," who claim they 'don't see color'." DIG DEEPER.
Talk to scholars & other researchers who have studied health disparities between white people & POC, & have accounted for poverty.
Talk to scholars & other researchers who have studied health disparities between white people & POC, & have accounted for poverty.
Here are some starting points for your background research:
Health treatment disparities in general, scholarly articles:
scholar.google.com/scholar?q=raci…
Health treatment disparities in general, scholarly articles:
scholar.google.com/scholar?q=raci…
Health treatment disparities by race covered by consumer-oriented publications:
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google.com/search?client=…
COVID19 treatment disparities by race:
google.com/search?client=…
The info is out there. Let your fingers do the walking thru your favorite search engine[s].
And if you are truly serious, do Lexis-Nexis searches. I don't have access so I can't show you. But you know it's there.
google.com/search?client=…
The info is out there. Let your fingers do the walking thru your favorite search engine[s].
And if you are truly serious, do Lexis-Nexis searches. I don't have access so I can't show you. But you know it's there.
