This book discussed the racial and ethnic health disparities in different countries. It looked at the link between racism and health harms,both systemic and interpersonal forms. Saying they both exist within medicine and health care.
I really liked the way the book discussed the research and gave people's relatable lived experiences throughout. It certainly made me think more deeply of my own experience with health care.

Having read Medical apartheid I was naturally drawn to Systemic by Layal Liverpool. Once again I was somewhat shocked by her challenging evidence which only served to highlight the systemic racism that still exists in diagnosis and medical treatment between races. I found the book accessible and easy to manage for the lay reader as well as those trained in the profession.

The continual stereotypical approach when dealing with black people and people of colour during COVID was particularly enlightening. For me it put a lot of doubts and questions into perspective. Liverpool does a great job in addressing this up to date event that shook the nation by demonstrating just how POC were treated as if their socio-economic situations played no part. For that I thank her.

The stories of those around the world proved also interesting and some of the cases resonated with me and I suspect this will be the case for many once the book is published.
Maybe some day the healthcare will be truly equal without prejudice.

Thank you NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this- highly recommend

Systemic is a nonfiction book by Layal Liverpool on Systemic racism and how racism in healthcare impacts black people and ethnic minorities. I would recommend this for readers of Under the Skin by Linda Villarosa and Medical Apartheid by Harriet Washington. Systemic is very up to date with statistics and information on COVID-19 and how racism impacted the pandemic. Liverpool has clearly done their research because this had real life perspectives of how people have been impacted by systematic racism and it even had celebrity examples like Serena Williams. If you are interested in this topic I think this is a great place to start. I am giving this 4 stars and the only reason it is not a 5 is because it wasn’t the most engaging but that’s my own personal issue. I definitely recommend this book and it is an important read.