Abstract

The genome between socially constructed racial groups is 99.5%–99.9% identical; the 0.1%–0.5% variation between any two unrelated individuals is greatest between individuals in the same racial group; and there are no identifiable racial genomic clusters. Nevertheless, race continues to be used as a biological reality in health disparities research, medical guidelines, and standards of care reinforcing the notion that racial and ethnic minorities are inferior, while ignoring the health problems of Whites. This article discusses how the continued misuse of race in medicine and the identification of Whites as the control group, which reinforces this racial hierarchy, are examples of racism in medicine that harm all us. To address this problem, race should only be used as a factor in medicine when explicitly connected to racism or to fulfill diversity and inclusion efforts.

摘要

社会构成的种族群体之间的基因组具有99.5％–99.9％的同一性。同一种族组中的任何两个不相关的个​​体之间的0.1％-0.5％差异最大；而且没有可识别的种族基因组簇。然而，种族在健康差距研究，医学指南和护理标准中仍被当作生物学现实，强化了种族和少数民族劣等观念，而忽视了白人的健康问题。本文讨论了继续滥用医学中的种族以及将白人确认为对照组，这加强了种族等级，这是医学种族主义对我们所有人造成伤害的例子。为了解决这个问题，