Race and Genetic Ancestry in Medicine - A Time for Reckoning with Racism.

The article offers information on race, ancestry, genetics, and medicine are inextricably linked in a complex and fraught history in the U.S. It mentions about the racial injustice inflicted by the use of race and ethnicity as biologic constructs to engender hierarchical discrimination. It discusses about disproportionately high morbidity and mortality for racial and ethnic minorities by sustaining inequitable access to resources, including health care.