From neonatal and primary care to emergency medicine, kids got lower-quality care than their white peers, researchers found. Disparities include longer waits and less pain medication after surgery.

  • snooggums
    13•5 months ago

    While income is part of it, racism is also a contributor. From the article:

    The researchers looked only at studies that included children who had health insurance, “so we cannot blame the lack of insurance for causing these disparities,” Heard-Garris says.

    • Mario_Dies.wav
      6•5 months ago

      Important point.

      Also Important to note that most racism is either systemic or acted out subconsciously. It’s not that the providers are being deliberately racist. They don’t consciously treat these kids differently; it’s a subconscious act. We can say “I’m not racist” all day long, but that’s not going to change things. Racism is the default in our system, and it takes a deliberate act not to be racist.

      I know all this, and I’m from Bumfuck, Nowhere. Some people in these threads need to go to their local community college and enroll in a human relations class asap.