This episode is part 2 of our Racism in Healthcare series. Listen now to Racism in Healthcare Part 1 discussing the reactions to JAMA’s tweet.
On Part 2, Rupal Patel, Steph Long, Mark Milligan, and Chris Barnes are physical therapists who challenge our profession, our society, and our world on racism and DEI.
Chris opens with updates and changes since JAMA’s tweet and podcast release and explains how there is room to continue taking action. He explains the individual act of ignoring a systemic problem is that individual act of racism.
As a professor in the school of Physical Therapy at Texas Woman’s University, Rupal provided ways to contact legislators to increase the voices of her students on current federal bills in Congress which can impact health outcomes for patients. Those include:
- The Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021(S. 104/H.R. 379)
- Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization of 2021 (H.R. 1620)
- George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021 (H.R. 1280)
- For the People Act of 2021 (H.R. 1)