re: V Foundation: "racial disparities in cancer outcomes" WHAT THE frick?

I'm not sure that the study blames racism as the culprit, per se. But the disparities exist in terms of outcome. African Americans in particular will wait longer to see a doctor when health indicators arise. I know of oncologists who told me that in certain socio economic communities you will have people who will wait too long to see a doctor especially as it relates to colon cancer. If they get it early enough they can treat it, but the difference in dealing with someone with Stage 2 vs Stage 3 is pretty great. The numbers don't lie. A black patient and a white patient approaching a cancer diagnosis the same way tend to have the same outcome but when one shows up with different stages the difference is real, but I 'm not sure that you can blame it on straight up racism and I'm not really sure the V foundation report suggested that.

Disparate outcome = racial discrimination (only if it goes one way)