Thread by @ChomiloMD

Appreciate @AMLandryMD opening the #AAP2020 Minority Health Equity & Inclusion program by sharing his “origin story”

A patient asked him why all the black patients in his ED were put in the hallway

He studied that ? & found the patient’s observation to be true. His path was set

This strikes me as a particularly powerful example of why community needs to be at the table as we work to address structural racism in medicine.

They will see problems & solutions even the most antiracist of physicians, policy makers & researchers simply can’t.

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Next up is Joel Teitelbaum, JD talking about the intersection of policy, law & racism

First point: Structural Racism is our Nation’s Key Pre-Existing Condition

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Law can be a mechanism where prejudices are transformed into policy ➡️racist policy

Law can be selectively under/over enforced in a way that contributes to health inequities

Law can be interpreted in ways that hinder health equity (ex Supreme Court’s ruling on ACA)
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What are some of the symptoms of our Nation’s Pre-Existing condition?

🔹poverty
🔹wealth inequality
🔹education inequity
🔹voting inequity
🔹health inequities
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For more on voting inequity & health inequity check this out 👇🏾
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https://twitter.com/ChomiloMD/status/1301017224665276417

Housing & Wealth inequity is a multigenerational issue that has led to the combined wealth of the top 12 billionaires being EQUIVALENT to the home equity wealth of the ENTIRE Black population..

Top 70 billionaires’ wealth equivalent to entire Black AND Latinx population
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Why do these barriers still exist?
🔹Our country has never truly discussed the legacy of slavery & Jim Crow
🔹We’ve allowed Individualism to overwhelm Collectivism
🔹This has led to an empathy deficit when compared to citizens in other countries

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