The Aspen Institute defines structural racism as “a system in which public policies, institutional practices, cultural representations, and other norms work to perpetuate racial group inequity.” Unfortunately, it is present in medical institutions, too.
Studies have shown that medical personnel continue to hold racial biases, rating the pain of Black Americans as lower than that of their white counterparts, leading to less accurate treatment and trial recommendations.
Structural racism doesn’t occur just on an individual physician level. The US Preventive Services Task Force, for example, recommends mammography screening to begin at 50, ignoring the fact that Black women often develop the disease at much younger ages.
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