Racism is among this country’s most persistent original sins. Not only does it pattern access to everything from education to housing to jobs - but infant mortality, cancer, and life expectancy. Abdul reflects on the stickiness of racism. Then he interviews author and journalist Dr. Layal Liverpool, author of the new book “Systemic,” about how racism gets under the skin, how that differs across countries, and what we can do about it.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro: systemic racism in medicine
02:44 - Ad break
03:35 - Interview start with Dr. Layal Liverpool
05:06 - Example of how social dynamics affect our health
09:38 - Race is a social construct, but racism is material
13:38 - How should doctors consider and factor in race?
16:10 - Example of racial inequity in medicine
20:17 - Ad break
21:34 - Attempting to quantify racism in healthcare
25:35 - Systemic racism negatively affects everyone
28:11 - Many health disparities are outside of the healthcare system
35:52 - Universal healthcare access benefits everyone
37:20 - Ad break
40:41 - Having diverse doctors is important but…
42:37 - It’s more important for doctors of all backgrounds to be trained to care for all patients