Healthcare org states Black health center is for all races after civil rights complaint

(The Center Square) – After medical watchdog Do No Harm filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over what it called Kaiser Permanente’s racially discriminatory “Center for Black Health and Wellness,” the healthcare organization updated the center with a disclaimer that all races are welcome. Do No Harm says it’s not enough.

Do No Harm’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kurt Miceli told The Center Square that “Kaiser’s disclaimer that members of any race or ethnicity may use their ‘Center for Black Health and Wellness’ does not solve the underlying racial discrimination identified in our complaint.”

“A superficial disclaimer resolves very little when the Clinic’s designation, descriptions, and photos depicting clinicians and patients remain unchanged and aimed to invite and prioritize patients on the basis of their race,” Miceli said.

“This attempt to maneuver around the law is both disingenuous and wholly inadeq...