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Doctors used to believe that Black people couldn’t get diabetes because it was a disease of the “civilized” and wealthy. Decades of mistreating and misdiagnosing diabetes among Black Americans continues to impact this community today, as Black patients are nearly 20% less likely to get access to new diabetes drugs like GLP-1s. So what can be done to make access to lifesaving medicine more equitable? This is the third episode of our new series, Kahlil Explains, featuring the Gen Z Historian @kahlil.greene. Watch the full episode now on Vox’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/vox Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com. Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: https://www.vox.com/ Listen to our podcasts: https://www.vox.com/podcasts