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Dear White People

Krys E. Foster, Christina N. Johnson, Diana N. Carvajal, Cleveland Piggott, Kristin Reavis, Jennifer Y. C. Edgoose, Tricia C. Elliott, Marji Gold, José E. Rodríguez and Judy C. Washington
The Annals of Family Medicine January 2021, 19 (1) 66-69; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2634
Krys E. Foster
1Department of Family and Community Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • For correspondence: Krys.Foster@jefferson.edu
Christina N. Johnson
2Overlook Family Medicine Residency Program, Summit, New Jersey
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Diana N. Carvajal
3Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Cleveland Piggott
4Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
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Kristin Reavis
3Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Jennifer Y. C. Edgoose
5Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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Tricia C. Elliott
6JPS Health Network, Fort Worth, Texas
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Marji Gold
7Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, New York
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José E. Rodríguez
8University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Judy C. Washington
2Overlook Family Medicine Residency Program, Summit, New Jersey
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Abstract

We are living in unprecedented times. While the world is grappling with COVID-19, we find the horrors of racism looming equally large as we, yet again, confront lurid deaths in the center of the news cycle of Black and brown people from police bias and brutality. Those of us who have been championing antiracism and justice work and bearing the burden of the “minority tax” have been overwhelmed by sudden asks from our well-intentioned White colleagues of how to best respond. In the tone of the Netflix series, “Dear White People,” we further emphasize that we are not alone in trying to reach out to you, our White colleagues and leaders. Please hear our story and heed our call to action.

Key words
  • racism
  • anti-racism
  • racial justice
  • minority tax
  • underrepresented in medicine
  • health disparities
  • BIPOC
  • Received for publication June 23, 2020.
  • Revision received October 3, 2020.
  • Accepted for publication October 22, 2020.
  • © 2021 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.
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