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The Price Of Exclusion: The Pursuit Of Healthcare In A Segregated Nation
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From AwardWinning Journalist Nicole Carr Comes A Landmark Narrative Revealing The Untold History Of Black Medical Professionals Who Have Long Fought To Heal Their CommunitiesWhile Confronting A System Built To Exclude Them.During The Covid19 Pandemic, Black Americans Died At Nearly Twice The Rate Of Their White CounterpartsA Disparity Rooted Not Only In Access To Care But In A Long History Of Exclusion, Exploitation, And Systemic Racism. How Did We Get Here, And Why, Despite Generations Of Black Medical Excellence, Do These Inequities Persist? In The Price Of Exclusion, Journalist Nicole Carr Uncovers That History And Its Urgent Consequences, Exposing The Hidden Toll Of AmericaS Refusal To Value Black Doctors And Their Patients.At The Center Is The Extraordinary Life Of CarrS GreatGrandfather, Dr. Lawrence St. Clair Ferguson, A JamaicanBorn Physician Who Served In World War I And Attended Medical School During The Spanish Flu Pandemic. His Journey From Colonial Jamaica To A Racially Divided America Provides Both An Intimate Family Portrait And A Sweeping History Of How Black Physicians Persevered Despite Segregation, Erasure, And Relentless Barriers To Practice.Through Vivid Storytelling And Meticulous Research, Carr Resurrects The Lives Of Pioneers Who Transformed Medicine Against Impossible Odds. From AmericaS First FourYear Medical School Located At A Historically Black College In North Carolina To The Generations Of Black Physicians Whose Contributions Were Pushed Aside By Institutions Of Power, Carr Shows How These Figures Were Not Only Doctors But Also Advocates And Innovators Whose Work Reshaped Public Health And Opened Doors For Those Who Followed.Carr Also Reveals The Systemic Campaigns That Actively Disempowered Black Doctors, From The American Medical AssociationS Exclusionary Policies To The Devastating Closures Of Black Medical Schools After The Flexner Report. That Legacy Fuels TodayS Shortage Of Black Medical Professionals And The Lingering Distrust In Medicine That Continues To Cost Lives.Bold, Moving, And Essential, The Price Of Exclusion Is Both A Necessary History And A Testament To The Resilience Of Black Medical Pioneers Past And Present. At A Moment When Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion In Medicine Are Under Political Attack, Carr Forces Us To Reckon With The Past While Imagining A Future Where Healthcare Truly Values Every Single Life.
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