The Ongoing Significance of Racism in American Medicine
Oxford University Press’s Academic Insights for the Thinking World
Tina K. Saks
February 24th, 2019

“You can’t get a shot. I’ve never gotten a shot by a white person ever . . . they had me terrified [of being treated by a white doctor].” Her family’s concerns stemmed from their understanding that their great-grandfather died as a result of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. The US Public Health Service began the “Study of Syphilis in the Untreated Negro Male” in 1932.”

Serena Redux: Waiting to Exhale
Oxford University Press’s Academic Insights for the Thinking World
Tina K. Saks
October 9th, 2018

“By now, much has been written about the Serena Williams-Naomi Osaka-Carlos Ramos fiasco at the 2018 US Open. During the women’s final, the umpire, Carlos Ramos, issued Williams a warning for suspected coaching from her player’s box. When Williams strongly denied she was being coached, which is strictly prohibited in tennis, Ramos levied another penalty against her, stripping her of a single point. “