Listen "Technology and Justice: Medicine and algorithms"
Episode Synopsis
Photo by Obi - @pixel6propix on Unsplash In this episode, the hosts discuss the nation’s history of medical experimentation, false beliefs about racial differences, and racial disparities in health care which have negatively impacted Black communities and led to significant gaps in life outcomes. Incorporating algorithms into the equation would insure that past inequalities persist into our future. To download the transcript, CLICK HERE LINKS IN THIS EPISODE CLICK HERE TO LEAVE FEEDBACK Follow Ellis Conversations on Twitter Follow Judge Ronald Ellis on Twitter Follow Jamil Ellis on Twitter Follow Jamil Ellis on LinkedIn Check out Unified Ground Follow Ellis Conversations on Twitter Check out BlackHistoryChatGPT Harriet Washington video interview about Medical Apartheid on Olbios https://olbios.org/medical-apartheid/ 2003 NYT Article re Sims https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/28/health/scholars-argue-over-legacy-of-surgeon-who-was-lionized-then-vilified.html Sims Statue being removed from Central Park https://time.com/5243443/nyc-statue-marion-sims/ 2017 WAPO Article re birth control pill https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/05/09/guinea-pigs-or-pioneers-how-puerto-rican-women-were-used-to-test-the-birth-control-pill/ 2019 History.com article on birth control pill https://www.history.com/news/birth-control-pill-history-puerto-rico-enovid 2016 TIME article about Margaret Sanger, race, and eugenics https://time.com/4081760/margaret-sanger-history-eugenics/ 2016 paper on racial bias in pain assessment https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/113/16/4296.full.pdf Letter from NY Department of Health to UHGI re Optum Algorithm https://dfs.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2019/10/20191025160637.pdf NY Times Opinion on Maragret Sanger https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/17/opinion/planned-parenthood-margaret-sanger.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage NFL's Concussion Settlement Will Look at Racial Bias in Payouts - The New York Times (nytimes.com) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/sports/football/nfl-concussions-settlement-race.html Doctors and Stereo types https://www.thecut.com/2017/11/too-many-doctors-still-believe-dangerous-racial-stereotypes.html