(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A Chicago state lawmaker is urging the health care profession to confront racial bias that may aggravate medical issues in the African-American community.
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer organization reports Black women suffer more virulent forms of breast cancer than white women and are more likely to die from the disease.
“There must be some Critical Race Theory training, even in the medial profession,” state Rep. La Shawn Ford, D-Chicago, said.
The idea might trigger some people but bias in health care needs to be addressed head on, he said.
Omatola Gordon-Rose, director of health equity for the Komen group, said its study, “Closing the Breast Cancer Gap," shows Black women receive inferior healthcare.
Poverty and access to transportation are also factors, she said.
Breast cancer in the Black community is the topic of this weekend’s “At Issue,” which airs 9:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. Sunday.
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