Historical Perspective
This 1700s "myth" about Black patients' skin is still a bias in some ERs today.
What is the "Thick Skin" or "Pain Tolerance" myth?
This "science" aimed to "improve" the human race by excluding certain groups.
What is Eugenics?
Black women are this many times more likely to die in childbirth than White women.
What is 3x (Three times)?
This political group started free clinics and Sickle Cell testing in the 60s.
Who are the Black Panthers?
Who was the goat mentioned in the presentation?
Lebron James 💗
European physicians used this process to label non-Europeans as "different" or "inferior."
What is "Othering"?
This grim nickname was given to forced sterilisations performed in the American South.
What is the "Mississippi Appendectomy"?
This "Zip Code" factor is often cited as more important than your genetic code.
What is Geography (or Redlining)?
This term refers to the right of patients to say "Yes" or "No" after being fully informed.
What is Informed Consent?
How many Provinces are in Canada?
10 - istg if someone said 13 😐
Physicians in the 1700s were often hired by these captains to protect "profit over health."
Who are Slave Ship Captains?
This pseudoscience used skull measurements to try and "prove" intelligence levels.
What is Phrenology?
AI and medical software can be biased because they are trained on this type of data.
What is Historical or Biased Data?
These committees were created to ensure experiments never happen without oversight again.
What are Bioethics Boards (or IRBs)?
Who always wants more wood?
Mr. Morewood 💗💗💗🐐🐐🐐🤓🤓🤓
This 1700s naturalist included "Race" in his biological taxonomies, setting the stage for scientific racism.
Who is Carl Linnaeus?
This 1927 Supreme Court case legalized forced sterilization with the quote: "Three generations of imbeciles are enough."
What is Buck v. Bell?
This hypothesis explains how chronic exposure to racism causes premature biological aging and "wear and tear" on the body.
What is the Weathering Hypothesis?
This 1974 Act was passed to create the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects after the Tuskegee exposure.
What is the National Research Act?
Best rapper (not biased :) )
J. Cole - '39 Intro' is peak
This specific field of "Medicine" argued that non-European climates created naturally "different" and "inferior" bodies.
What is Tropical Medicine?
The "Mississippi Appendectomy" specifically targeted this activist's community, leading to her own involuntary sterilization.
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
This term describes how medical tools (like the spirometer) were historically "calibrated" differently for different races.
What is Race Correction?
This specific document/oath was revised after WWII to ensure human rights are never overridden by "scientific progress."
What is the Geneva Declaration
Who whips around in a Suburban?
ESDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKID 😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛