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Heal the system: Medicine must be anti-racist

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Racism has impacted me and my name since birth. Racism by any other name is racism. Call it what it is.

Share Tweet Share My maternal grandmother, Susana, was one of the most important women in my life. I was named after her. At least, that is what I thought for many years. I had gone by my grandmother’s name until I transferred high schools in the suburbs of Chicago, and the registrar asked me to confirm my name. I told her, and she said, “No, your name is Susan. It’s on your birth certificate.” I was stunned; it didn’t feel right. I went home and asked my mother. She thought it had said “Susana” as well. Later a friend who is a consultant in diversity

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