Structural Racism and Supporting Black Lives - The Role of Health Professionals.

The authors discuss the role of health professionals in addressing s tructural racism and supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, relative to the fatal shooting of an African American man named Philando Castile in Minneapolis, Minnesota by a police officer. They mention the disproportionate use of lethal force by U.S. law-enforcement officers against African American communities, highlighting the need to understand and accept the racist roots of the U.S. in addressing structural racism.