Know Your Rights Camp Podcast Season 5 : Will Donald Trump’s Administration Hurt The Health of Black & Brown Communities?

In this powerful episode of the Know Your Rights Camp podcast, host Amir Whitaker sits down with the brilliant Dr. Tracey Veal—a healthcare leader with four decades of experience—to unpack the devastating toll recent healthcare funding cuts are having on our most vulnerable communities.

With a heart full of truth and urgency, Dr. Veal breaks down how the loss of global coordination, the gutting of vaccine efforts, and the stripping away of preventive care are putting lives at risk—especially in Black and Brown communities that have long borne the brunt of medical neglect.

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Episode Citations

01:53 - https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-09/coronavirus-deaths-racism-blacks-latinos-pacific-islanders-inequity

2:32 -

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5252421-cdc-measles-outbreak/

2:37 -

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9620417/

2:47 - https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-fewer-black-americans-are-getting-the-covid-19-vaccine-no-its-not-hesitancy/

3:11 - 

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/185986/medical-apartheid-by-harriet-a-washington/

 3:15 - 

https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/about/index.html

3:17 - 

https://www.history.com/articles/the-father-of-modern-gynecology-performed-shocking-experiments-on-slaves

3:47 -

https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/09/medical-school-black-hispanic-enrollment-drops-after-supreme-court-affirmative-action-ruling/

4:00 - 

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/23/trump-bleach-one-year-484399

4:30 - 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/politics/rfk-jr-senate-confirmation-vote/index.html

4:31-

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/05/rfk-jr-hearing-black-people-immune-systems

4:56 -

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rfk-jr-samoa-measles-vaccine-crisis-rcna187787

5:14 - 

https://www.pbs.org/show/shot-in-the-arm/

6:10 -

https://www.health.com/rfk-jr-cod-liver-oil-vitamin-a-unconventional-measles-treatments-11691469

6:47 -

https://thegrio.com/2025/01/31/senator-angela-alsobrooks-rfk-jr-vaccines-black-people/

7:29 - 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4843483/

8:16 -

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/medical-tourism

8:48-

https://www.domesticpolicycaucus.com/s/GoodRx_Healthcare_Deserts_White_Paper.pdf

9:07 -

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/11/23/1137756183/doctors-who-want-to-defy-abortion-laws-say-its-too-risky

9:32-

https://ers.usda.gov/data-products/charts-of-note/chart-detail?chartId=110927

10:51 -

https://www.crfb.org/blogs/measuring-savings-preventative-health-care

11:24 -

https://www.cdc.gov/about/priorities/why-is-addressing-sdoh-important.html

11:56 -

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10605972/

12:38 -

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/what-is-driving-widening-racial-disparities-in-life-expectancy/

14:52 -

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/11/05/1132533191/how-a-team-of-black-paramedics-set-the-gold-standard-for-emergency-medical-respo

15:00 -

https://www.history.com/articles/free-school-breakfast-black-panther-party

16:17 -

https://www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2025/04/10/house-adopts-senate-budget-plan-laying-the-groundwork-for-significant-health-care-cuts

16:33 - 

https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/putting-880-billion-in-potential-federal-medicaid-cuts-in-context-of-state-budgets-and-coverage/

16:38 - 

https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/quality-of-care/quality-improvement-initiatives/maternal-infant-health-care-quality

18:00-

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tuberculosis-was-once-a-disease-in-decline-but-a-resurgence-in-cases-has-health-officials-puzzled

18:06 -

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-how-quickly-could-polio-return-to-the-u-s-without-vaccines/

18:08 - 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/withdrawing-the-united-states-from-the-worldhealth-organization/

18:40 - 

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/newsletter-article/study-low-income-and-minority-populations-use-medicare-advantage

20:44 - 

https://www.who.int/news/item/26-03-2025-new-study-highlights-the-potential-impact-of-funding-cuts-on-the-hiv-response

21:23 - 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/health/measles-outbreak-global-funding/index.html

22:49 - 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/health/hhs-cdc-fda-trump-pause-communication/index.html

25:28 - 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/samhsa-mental-health-agency-doge-job-cuts-988-hotline/

26:01 - 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/universal-health-care-racism.html

28:57 - 

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/07/19/what-the-data-says-about-food-stamps-in-the-u-s/#:~:text=In%20fiscal%202022%2C%20the%20government,$33.1%20billion%20on%20unemployment%20compensation.

29:35 - 

https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/california-has-dramatically-improved-its-air-quality-racial-disparities-persist#:~:text=Historically%20in%20the%20U.S.%2C%20racist,higher%20levels%20of%20air%20pollution.

29:51 - 

https://www.nber.org/papers/w25489

32:46 - 

https://ktla.com/news/california/map-these-are-californias-contaminated-superfund-sites/

33:10 - 

https://sites.uab.edu/humanrights/2021/01/15/people-of-color-live-disproportionately-close-to-superfund-sites/

33:33

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/11/health/fdas-formaldehyde-hair-products-trump-administration/index.html

34:77 - 

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/29/1022355144/johnson-johnson-targeted-black-women-powder-products-cancer-lawsuit

35:31 - 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/synthetic-hair-carcinogens-lead-braids-extensions-black-women-rcna194213