{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: What Does It Mean to Be White in Veterinary Medicine?
{Author}: Labelle A;
{Journal}: Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract
{Volume}: 54
{Issue}: 5
{Year}: 2024 Sep 13
{Factor}: 2.148
{DOI}: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2024.06.007
{Abstract}: Race is a pseudo-scientific system that was invented to sort people by skin color into different categories. Race has no biologic basis, meaning the phenotype of skin color cannot accurately separate humans into distinct categories. Contemporary Western veterinary medicine was founded by white European men to treat livestock and working horses; 150+ years later, the majority of veterinary graduates are white women working on domesticated family pets. The history of veterinary medicine informs our current reality.