8 - A Brief History of Medical Racism

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Savanah and Alekx cover a bit of the history of racism within the US medical field. A LOT is covered here, from medical training to prejudice in doctors to the concept of IQ and much more. This gets graphic at points, so please use caution.

Related/Suggested Reading:

Even the Rat Was White: A Historical View of Psychology - Robert V. Guthrie
Racism and Psychiatry: Contemporary Issues and Interventions - Morgan Medlock, Derri Shtasel, Nhi-Ha T. Trinh, and David Williams
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/4/10/holden-chapel-history-cadavers/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bodies-in-the-basement-the-forgotten-bones-of-america-s-medical-schools
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gory-new-york-city-riot-shaped-american-medicine-180951766/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/in-need-cadavers-19th-century-medical-students-raided-baltimores-graves-180970629/
https://todayincthistory.com/2021/01/12/january-12-yale-body-snatching-triggers-week-of-rioting-in-new-haven/
US Surgeons’ Perceptions of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care - Britton, et al
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present - Harriet A. Washington
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/medicaleducation/87171
Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites - Hoffman, et al
"Microaggressions in Everyday Life" by Derald Wing Sue "Racism and Psychological and Emotional Injury: Recognizing and Assessing Race-Based Traumatic Stress" by R. Carter (2007) "Stigma, Prejudice, Discrimination, and Health" J. Stuber, I. Meyer, & B. Link (2008) "Cognitive and Affective Expectation of Stigma, Coping Efficacy, and Psychological Distress Among Sexual Minority People of Color" by Ouch & Moradi (2019)
Putting Mendel in His Place: How Curriculum Reform in Genetics and Counterfactual History of Science Can Work Together - Jamieson and Radick
Learned Inequality: Racial Labels in the Biology Curriculum Can Affect Racial Prejudice - Donovan
Podcast Episodes:
"Racism in Medicine and the Covid-19 Vaccine"- We the (Black) People
"Racism in Medicine & Healthcare: Dr. Callistus Ditah" - From Where Does it STEM?
"Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 2: Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 1"- The Clinical Problem Solvers