In this, the first in a series of three public lectures on Anti-Racism and Health to be offered by Professor Camara Jones during the year, she will make the case that “racial” health disparities cannot be eliminated until racism is named and addressed.

She will open with her “Cliff Analogy” to illustrate three dimensions of health intervention: health services, addressing the social determinants of health (including poverty and adverse neighbourhood conditions), and addressing the social determinants of equity (including racism and other systems of structured inequity). She will follow with her “Dual Reality” allegory that elegantly illustrates that racism exists, even when so many can’t see it. Finally, she will engage with audience members in a spirited conversation exploring the pertinence of these ideas in the United States and United Kingdom contexts.