Brian Lear on W. M. R.C. now Dr. Ute Blackstock.

Some of you know she was a guest on this show

multiple times during the height of the pandemic

to talk about the disparate impact of COVID

and what to do about that as a physician and

as founder of the group advancing health equity.

Now Dr. Blockstock has a book which is about fighting racism and medicine as well as her personal story.

I didn't realize until now that Dr. Blackstock and her mother

became the first black mother and daughter pair

to both attend Harvard Medical School. The book is called Legacy, A Black Physician

Reckons with Racism in Medicine. Dr. Blackstock, always great to have you on the show.

Welcome back to WNYC.

Hi Brian, thank you so much for having me back and I'll just add actually, you know, I have a twin sister

Oni who also went to Harvard Medical School with me. So Oni'Nee, my mother and I,

we all are the first black mother-daughter legacy

from Harvard Medical School.

Huh.

Would you like to talk a little bit about your mother's journey first,

like what kind of conditions she grew up in and how she

came to be a doctor and a Harvard med school grad? Yes it would be an honor. My mother

you know we referred to her as the original Dr. Blackstock.

And she grew up not far from where I live now.

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