The shock of charlottesville: unmasking racism in healthcare

As I write, America is on edge following a violent confrontation in Charlottesville, Virginia on 12 August between white supremacists and Nazi supporters on one side and counter-protestors on the other. The proximate cause of this mayhem was a disagreement about whether a public statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee should be removed. Banners of Nazi swastikas, Confederate flags, and KKK symbols were carried by torch-toting protestors in common cause. Shouts such as “white lives matter” and “Jews will not replace us” erupted from the protestors.

Source: Explore - October 30, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Larry Dossey Tags: Explorations Source Type: research