How Our Healthcare System Fails Black Americans

The Boston College Magazine featured four distinguished faculty members who explored how race and racism affected everything in the United States of America. Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies Martin Summers provided a reflection entitled How Our Healthcare System Fails Black Americans.  Dr. Summers noted "as senator Kamala Harris declared in her acceptance speech for the Democractic vice-presidential nomination, we can no longer ignore the role that structural racism plays in the poor health outcomes for African Americans, especially in the current pandemic. This is a structural racism 400 years in the making that will only be rooted out by bold action in all sectors of America society".