Walter Jones, Newnan Times-Herald
- Racial prejudice still cuts short the lives of black Georgians, according to some critics.
They’re not talking about lynchings. They’re talking about uneven distribution of health care, not from “separate but equal” facilities, but as a result of government health policies influenced by racism. Included in that indictment is the decision to fund the expansion of the Medical College of Georgia rather than the state’s other medical schools.
That’s the core of a seminar for reporters held at the Carter Center last week sponsored jointly by the Legislative Black Caucus and drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co.
It might be expected that Gov. Sonny Perdue’s administration would disagree, but not the representative on the panel, Dr. Sandra Ford, interim director of the Division of Public Health with the Georgia Department of Human Resources.
