The podcast was promoted with a tweet from the journal that said, “No physician is racist, so how can there be structural racism in health care?” Following widespread protest in the medical community, the journal took down the podcast and deleted the tweet. Many people like myself are offended by the implication that we are somehow racist.” “Personally, I think taking racism out of the conversation will help. Livingston, who is white, said on the podcast.
“Structural racism is an unfortunate term,” Dr.
24 and did not include any Black researchers or experts on racism in medicine. The podcast that set the events in motion aired on Feb. I want somebody who is willing to take a stand, push to move things forward.” “Looking for just a person of color misses the point,” he added. Nor will appointing a top editor of color resolve the issues, Dr. “This is not cause to celebrate,” he said of the announcement, adding that he had not intended to jeopardize Dr. Bauchner did not respond, according to Dr. Bauchner, noting that editors at the JAMA journals were overwhelmingly white and male. Raymond Givens, a cardiologist at Columbia University in New York. “In the entire history of all the JAMA network journals, there’s only been one non-white editor,” noted Dr.
