Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2022 Oct;9(5):1626-1631. doi: 10.1007/s40615-021-01102-8. Epub 2021 Jul 20.
Racism impacts every aspect of medicine, including the careers and lives of Black physicians. The story of William Augustus Hinton (1883-1959), who invented the Hinton Test for syphilis before becoming the first African American full professor at Harvard University in 1949, offers an instructive perspective on the intersection of interpersonal and systemic racism, and personal determination, just over our historical horizon. Yet there are sobering and instructive lessons throughout this history. Hinton had to navigate prejudice throughout his career. Indeed, while there is much to be inspired by in the telling of Hinton's story, the forms of racism faced by Hinton and his contemporaries remain persisting features of academic medicine. This article focuses on encounters with racism that affect the course of medical careers and scientific innovation. Hinton's story holds important implications for many health professionals in the twenty-first century and provides unique insights into the history and impact of interpersonal and systemic racism alike in academic medicine.
种族主义影响医学的各个方面，包括黑人医生的职业和生活。William Augustus Hinton（1883-1959）的故事提供了一个有益的视角，他在 1949 年成为哈佛大学第一位非裔美国正教授之前发明了梅毒 Hinton 检测法，故事讲述了人际和系统性种族主义以及个人决心的交集，就在我们的历史视野之外。然而，在这段历史中，有许多发人深省的教训。Hinton 在他的整个职业生涯中都不得不应对偏见。事实上，虽然 Hinton 的故事中有很多值得我们借鉴的地方，但 Hinton 和他同时代的人所面临的种族主义形式仍然是学术医学中持续存在的特征。本文重点介绍了影响医学职业和科学创新进程的种族主义遭遇。Hinton 的故事对 21 世纪的许多医疗保健专业人员具有重要意义，并为学术医学中的人际和系统性种族主义的历史和影响提供了独特的见解。
