Consistent and well developed anti-racist training is crucial to dismantling the systemic racism that exists within our healthcare organizations. This, in combination with hiring more African American medical practitioners, would improve the wellbeing of many. Anti-racism education’s main goal is to incorporate the voices of the underprivileged (Abdi 473), this is important to remember as many confuse anti-racism work with the end goal to simply “not be racist”, but no, the reason it’s crucial for these training to come to fruition is to make sure everyone is heard and seen. The Multicultural Act of Canada, although based in education, sets the standard for any other implementation of anti-racist programs. Furthermore, I will be using this as an example of the benefits of an anti-racist program. This law acknowledged that diversity in student bodies brings along different needs and aspirations (James 32). The same can be said about mental health care. A white person may not have the same set of needs as an African American, in regards to mental wellbeing. Therefore, it is important to recognize that these differences exist and understand how to address them.
Equality and equity are not the same. If we give everyone the same amount of care some will actually receive less because they have started at a disadvantage. We need to recognize this and work on issuing equity within our healthcare system. We need to take advantage of the social and health movements going on and demand from our health care providers that African Americans be given fair care. We also need to denounce all people that associate with the All Lives Matter movement because it is a direct attack on African Americans, covered by superficial arguments. In closing, the current social and political climate has made it obvious that we need to demand that healthcare institutions hire more African Americans to occupy positions of power in the system, we need to demand that they give more financial assistance to access this care and we need to require that anti-racist training be mandatory for all people within the healthcare system.
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