Why health care and gun violence are matters of racial justice
Apr 13, 2021 Trauma surgeon creates unique course to help policy students recognize racial disparities
For two decades, Assoc. Prof. Brian H. Williams has worked as a trauma surgeon in hospitals around the country. Along the way, he has become a passionate educator one who stresses the need to address health care inequities as a matter of racial justice.
“When you look at these, what do you see? Dots, colors, statistics,” Williams said during a virtual Harper Lecture on March 3, referring to maps of health disparities in Chicago. “When I look at this, I see how racial injustice manifests as health care injustice. I see how Black Chicagoans are suffering the most from gun violence, suffering from COVID infections and now, suffering from lack of vaccination uptake.”
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