Addressing racial disparities in health begins upstream with racial equity in society
This month, the American Medical Association (AMA) officially released an ambitious three-year plan to dismantle structural racism within their organization by addressing past harms and examining institutional roles that uphold these structures. AMA launched this work in 2019, but the events of 2020 and 2021 highlighted the pervasiveness of racial inequity in health care and emphasizing the necessity for such a plan.
AMA’s plan is not just about organizational racism. …