There is a dire need for the public health community to call greater attention to racism’s role in producing and maintaining health disparities in the US, particularly when researchers and advocates have the opportunity to speak with news outlets.”
—Yiwei Xu, Caroline A. Dunetz, Sravya L. Varanasi, Sophia Mathews, Neil A. Lewis Jr., and Jeff Niederdeppe, Cornell University; Elizabeth K. Farkouh, Mayo Clinic; Sarah E. Gollust, University of Minnesota; and Erika Franklin Fowler and Steven Moore, Wesleyan University