Dr. Uche鈥� Blackstock grew up watching her mother don a white lab coat and grab a black medical bag on her way to treat underserved patients.

That inspired Uche鈥� and her twin sister Oni to pursue medical school where their mother did, at Harvard, becoming the first Black mother-daughter legacies from the school.

In their work at public and private hospitals, they witnessed the mounting disparities when it came to race, a gulf that has widened over the decades.

And producing some of the grimmest health statistics for Black Americans: shorter life spans, more aggressive diseases, difficult even deadly pregnancies.

A different kind of legacy.

We talk with Dr. Uche鈥� Blackstock about her new book, and why the history of systemic racism in medicine is hard to shake.

Guest:

• Dr. Uche鈥� Blackstock,

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