‘Is this worth getting into a big fuss over?’ Everyday racism in medical school

Introduction  Faced with an increasingly diverse student body, educators in the health professions struggle for ways to foster equality and understand racism. The concept of ‘everyday racism’ provides an important tool for examining subtle processes that construct a racialised climate in medical schools and other institutions.

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