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Racism, structural Racism and a wonderful speaker, Dr. Kimberly Manning

I just heard a talk by Kimberly Manning MD,  Associate Professor of Medicine as well as the Associate Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at   Emory University School of Medicine, department of Medicine at the American College of Physician's virtual yearly meeting. She gave one of the plenary addresses and hers was called "Broadening your life lens, the case for diversity." I almost didn't watch it because I attend this meeting for the concentrated information on how to take care of patients with certain conditions that I get from talks with names like "Pearls for the management of insomnia not to miss." I thought that this was a talk for other people, and since I had studied this subject, maybe not for me. But I watched it anyway. It was great.  Dr. Manning is a full professor at her institution, which makes her very special. She told us that 0.7% full professors of medicine are black women. 25% of full professors are women and Black women make u