Many people say that we live in a post-racial society in the United States today, and there are aspects of life where this appears to be true. However, there are many areas of life where race is still a major divider that has a notable impact on the experiences of ethnic minorities in the United States. In 2010, approximately 41% of the U.S. population identified as members of racial or ethnic minorities. According to the Centers for Disease Control, compared to non-minorities, some minorities experience a disproportionate level of preventable disease, death, and disability (. http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/populations/remp.html). care is something that every person, regardless of race, should have access to. Research shows that there are large inequities in medical care because of race. This has been a problem throughout history and continues today in the overall quality of medical care that minorities receive. In the past, however, in addition to poor medical care, there have been extreme examples of abuse of minorities by healthcare providers. People of minority races were sometimes used for experimental procedures. Experimental procedures performed on minority races include those performed on the Tuskegee Airmen in the 1940s and tissue harvesting without permission. and other similar situations. There has been a lot of talk about medical care bias in the medical field and in government agencies like the National Institutes of Health that set regulations that have communities and have impacted what today's medical students are taught. Over time, the programs and policies they have put in place... half of the document.......gov/mmwr/pdf/other/su6203.pdf>.5. "Fact Sheet: Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity | Center for American Progress." American progress. Np, nd Web. 13 April 2014. .6. General Assembly of the World Medical Association. “Geneva WMA Statement.” World Medical Association. World Medical Association, May 2006. Web. 14 May 2014.7. Hellert, Jean. "Syphilis victims in a US study went untreated for 40 years; SYPHILIS VICTIMS HAD NO TREATMENT." New York Times [New York] July 26, 1972: n. page Print.8. US Department of Health and Human Services. "National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Standards (CLAS) - Office of Minority Health - OMH."Office of Minority Health - OMH. Np, 3 May 2013. Web. 1 May 2014.