He cites one of the biggest challenges facing health care in its path to become anti-racist is that we need equitable distribution of resources.
“Those places serving communities with the greatest need should be getting the most”
“If you as a white provider are not stepping up to be antiracist & you see you black colleagues stepping up, you are burdening them w/the work alone” @DrIbram#AAP2020
“To ensure pediatricians are treating all their patients equitably & have the resources to do so is so critical to our future...an antiracist Pediatrician is pure gold” @DrIbram✊🏾
Speaking at #AAP2020 Rev @CornellWBrooks starts by illustrating that #EmmettTill#TamirRice & #GeorgeFloyd are the recognized victims of police violence but that the trauma of over overpolicing is felt by whole communities & generations of children.
.@AmerAcadPeds section on Minority Health Equity & Inclusion Chair @DrHeardGarris has described this even more broadly as “vicarious racism”
Similar to secondhand smoke, vicarious racism has real impacts on child health
Pediatricians have a place to help frame the story around racism & police violence’s impact on child health. @CornellWBrooks cites the impact pediatric providers had on the Supreme Court’s Brown v Board of Education decision.
Dr. David Jones did a fantastic job laying out the history, harm & questions race-based medicine presents & @bcunningMDPHD w/a wonderful job covering how cognitive dissonance plays into the barriers we face addressing this w/our colleagues
Thanks to @uche_blackstock for recognizing what many of us are carrying this week in the wake of Breonna Taylor & her family not receiving justice or accountability 🙏🏾
Families separated at the border
Another school shooting #COVID19’s racist impact
The ongoing fight for #Medicaid #ClimateChange
All impact the health of our communities. Outcomes that are heavily influenced by participation in, or lack of, voting. #VoteHealth#VoteKids (2/)
Although we know policies directly impact health we see gaps in opportunity not only for access to resources but to the ballot box where many of our communities’ decision makers are selected.
(3/) #VoteHealth#VoteKids