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> So I'd say the article points to a particular kind of structural racism: That the medical advice for white people is assumed to also be good for people of col
by amluto 4y ago
> So I'd say the article points to a particular kind of structural racism: That the medical advice for white people is assumed to also be good for people of color.
Maybe? The article is trying pretty hard to say that the medical advice is wrong for white people too. Of course, it’s plausible that the article is wrong, white people should use sunscreen, and black people (at least in Northern climates?) should not.
Here’s a more clear-cut example of structural racism in medicine:
https://sph.umich.edu/pursuit/2021posts/black-people-are-three-times-more-likely-to-experience-pulse-oximeter-errors.html https://sph.umich.edu/pursuit/2021posts/black-people-are-thr...