In August 2019, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published a critically important policy statement² on the effects of racism on child and adolescent health. This statement (referred to here as the AAP policy statement) powerfully underscores the work undertaken by scholars and scientists regarding racial inequities in health care, and it comes at a critical sociohistorical moment in which public discourse on racism is squarely at the forefront. The AAP policy statement proposes an integrated approach to combating racism by addressing “implicit and explicit biases, institutional structures, and interpersonal relationships,”^2(p1) and advocates “untangling the thread of racism sewn through the fabric of society and affecting the health of pediatric populations.”^2(p7)

2019年8月，美国儿科学会（AAP）发表了关于种族主义对儿童和青少年健康的影响的至关重要的政策声明²。该声明（在此称为AAP政策声明）有力地强调了学者和科学家在医疗保健中的种族不平等问题上所做的工作，并且它是在社会历史学的关键时刻，有关种族主义的公开论述正处于最前沿。AAP政策声明提出了一种解决种族主义的综合方法，即解决“内隐和外在偏见，体制结构和人际关系” ^{2 （p1）}倡导者“揭露了通过社会结构缝合的种族主义主线，并影响了儿科人群的健康。” ^{2 （p7）}