Racial Disparities in the United States Healthcare System

Abstract

The study aims at unveiling the racial obstacles that the African Americans were faced with throughout history; starting by how Blacks were oppressed under the slavery system to the different laws that segregated the African Americans and limited their freedom. This dissertation will focus on one of the least known and noticed racial disparities, which is still struggling with the legacies of segregation and racial bias; it is the United States Healthcare System. Throughout this research the dark history of American medical experimentation on black people and medical racism become more apparent and cannot be denied. It is also to unveil the modern health care disparities that continue to exist until today.