Addressing structural racism in healthcare

The U.S. surgeon general is addressing structural racism, saying it's partly why the coronavirus has affected black and Latino Americans so heavily. The CDC is now requiring states to collect data about race, ethnicity, gender, and zip code for coronavirus cases.

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WHITE SUPREMACY & TOKENISM IN THE AMERICAN MEDICAL & THERAPY LOCATIONS: Real experiences: My child is special needs, and we've faced years of Dept of Education ignoring us and 75% of the special needs therapists being racist (overt and covert) with us. In the feeding therapy, we were forced out of program days into a multi-month program due to racism and unprofessionalism. In the ER and regular hospital scenarios, we've had doctors and nurses lie to us, belittle us, walk away from us, not give us pain meds (prior to surgeries and before entering the surgery room), and gaslight us. Although there are some positive experiences, for the most part, we try not to go to a medical institution or therapy clinic. Not because we don't love ourselves and desire to live, but because often the medical and therapeutic experiences are just as traumatizing as the medical, etc. challenges we are experiencing prior to entering the "Medical and Therapy White Supremacist, classist hells"