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Separate But Equal Policy
For decades the “separate but equal” policy provided racially arranged medical training, racially segregated hospital systems in at least fourteen states and racially segregated hospital wards. This type of deliberate racial discrimination shaped the imbalanced health outcomes and aided the production of inequality in health and healthcare that we still see today. In 1960 during the Kennedy presidency, racial discrimination and segregation was one of the most pressing domestic issues. In 1964 the Supreme Court banned “separate but equal” hospitals and training. According to Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act all federally supported programs prohibited racial
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