Ep. 305 Going from Pet to Threat with Uché Blackstock
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Physician, educator and author Uché Blackstock shares her New York Times Bestselling book Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine. The book is both a memoir and an indictment of disparities in our healthcare system. We hear what legacy means to Uché, and how racism shows up in medicine for Black doctors. We also talk about her most beloved books, and the Pet to Threat phenomenon.
The Stacks Book Club selection for February is Viral Justice by Ruha Benjamin. We will discuss the book on February 28th with Uché Blackstock.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host Tracy Thomas and |
| 0:13.4 | today I am joined by Dr. Uche Blackstock, a speaker, educator, emergency physician and |
| 0:18.5 | the founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity. Dr. Uche is a Harvard graduate from New York and she has |
| 0:25.1 | just released her debut book, Legacy, a Black physician reckons with racism and |
| 0:29.7 | medicine. It is all about the inequalities in American medical care. It is part memoir, part analysis, and it is thoroughly engaging. |
| 0:38.0 | I get to talk to Dr. Uche Blackstock today about her incredible book and what the word legacy really means to her. |
| 0:45.0 | Plus we dive into the many books that have impacted her over the years. |
| 0:49.0 | Remember our book club pick for February is viral justice, how we grow the world we want by Ruha Benjamin. We will discuss |
| 0:55.8 | the book when Dr Uche Blackstock returns on Wednesday February 28th. Quick reminder everything we talk about on each episode of the Stacks can be found in the |
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