
Racism in Health: The Roots of the U.S. Black Maternal Mortality Crisis
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Persistent Belief and Racialized Myths in Pain Perception
This chapter examines the harmful belief that black people have a different pain threshold than white people, exploring personal experiences and a University of Virginia study revealing racialized myths held by medical students. The speaker critiques the notion of race as a determinant of pain perception and highlights the entrenched racism within healthcare.
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