This is PediCast.

Welcome to Pediacast, a pediatric podcast for parents.

And now, direct from the campus of nationwide children's, here is your host, Dr. Mike.

Hello, everyone, and welcome. Once again to Pediacast. It is a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.

This is Dr. Mike, coming to you from nationwide children's hospital.

We're in Columbus, Ohio.

It's episode 464 for June 24th, 2020.

We're calling this one, racism is a public health crisis.

I want to welcome all of you to the program.

So this week we are going to explore racism and describe how and why racism is a public

health crisis.

Now, you've probably heard this idea presented in the news, online, in your social media

channels, but what exactly does that phrase mean? How is racism

a public health crisis? And what are the consequences of this fact? How did we get to this

defining moment in American history? And where do we go from here? How do we make a difference

for black and brown lives today and for generations to come?

All very important questions with answers that are sometimes clear and sometimes not so clear.

In fact, the answers are often complicated.

However, our resolve to answer them and to take action must be persistent and strong.

Racism is a difficult topic for many families to talk about.

And yet, one reason we are where we are today is a failure of white Americans to speak up,

understand, stand alongside, and take action.

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