Dr. Uché Blackstock Town Hall Seattle: White Dedication to Racism in Healthcare

Dr. Uché Blackstock visits Town Hall Seattle to discuss her motivation to be a physician and the impact of the System of White Supremacy on the healthcare of black people. Author of the book, Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine. Gus T. read portions of this book when it was originally published and heavily advertised in 2024. He particularly remembers the portion of the text where Dr. Blackstock details the failures with pulse oximeters (failures that specifically harm black patients), and emphasizes that Whites have been aware of these failures for decades, yet they do not correct the problem. During this sold out discussion, which featured more black audience members than Gus has seen at any Seattle event addressing Racism, Dr. Blackstock provides details about being a second generation physician and the impact of her black mother being a doctor. She address the dearth of black doctors and White Supremacists like Abraham Flexner, who deliberately demolished black medical schools to ensure there are few black doctors - like Dr. Frances Cress Welsing. Dr. Blackstock also reported that the practice of "race correcting," where Racist/White health professionals conclude that negro bodies are different and inferior to White bodies and must be subject to different medical practices, continues well into the 21st century. Again, this practice endures not because of White ignorance, but because of White dedication to the System of White Supremacy. Gus T. was able to ask a question about this. #VictimsOfRacismDoNotQualifyForHealth INVEST in The COWS - http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Cash App: http://cash.app/$TheCOWS Call: 720.716.7300 Code: 564943#