Racism Is Killing Black Men, Even in Health Care

The recent death of Bernard Tyson, Kaiser Permanente’s CEO, reminds us of the harm that socioeconomic status can’t offset

Esther Choo
Elemental
Published in
4 min readNov 22, 2019

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EEarlier this month, Bernard Tyson, the CEO of Kaiser Permanente, died unexpectedly in his sleep. He was 60. Tyson was a singular figure, and the outpouring of stories that trailed…

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Esther Choo
Elemental

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