#Brown #Skin #Matters is a interesting project (1) to document dermatological conditions on non-white skin. It was started by Ellen Buchanan Weiss, a mother who got concerned when she tried to research a rash and found out that most images on the internet, as well as most images used in medical schools, are of white skin.
She’s started an Instagram account (1), that already has many pictures of medical conditions shown on black or brown skin, and she’s launched a crowdfunding campaign (2) to gather resources to launch a stand alone website and database, and widen collaborations with physicians and researchers.
NPR has published an essay on the Brown Skin Matters project (3).

(1) https://www.instagram.com/brownskinmatters/
(2) https://www.gofundme.com/f/brownskinmatters
(3) https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/11/04/774910915/diagnostic-gaps-skin-comes-in-many-shades-and-so-do-rashes

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