Systemic barriers and allyship in library publishing: A case study reminder that no one is safe from racism.

The article offers information on the Central Asian Journal of Global Health, a peer-reviewed open access journal using a continuous publication model that published its inaugural issue in 2012. It provides a forum for discussion of all aspects of public health, medicine, and global health in Central Asia; and also mentions the reviewer demonstrated applied ignorance and racism instead of looking closely at the crucial role the journal plays in medical literature.