Author Events Series presenting Uché Blackstock, Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

Inequity in healthcare has been a topic highlighted in the news since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement in recent years. The important conversation will continue with the Author Events Series presenting Uché Blackstock, Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine. Take a deep dive into this pressing topic through author Uche Blackstock’s story as a Black physician actively practicing in the United States health system, which includes just two percent female Black doctors. Her book has been called “a generational family memoir, and a call to action.” The Brooklyn, NY native comes from a family of doctors; she learned about the pervasive inequity issue as a youth observing her physician mother, a graduate of Harvard Medical School. Discrimination in healthcare results in poorer health outcomes than other racial groups. As an ER physician, and later as a professor in academic medicine, Dr. Blackstock — and her family — know firsthand about the obstacles facing patients and medical practitioners. It has informed and inspired her role as a health-equity advocate. Hear her insightful story and buy her book at the event. Pre-register: $5, 7 p.m. EST. Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine St, 215-567-4341 or  https://libwww.freelibrary.org/programs/authorevents/?id=145533.