Relations between racial and ethnic groups have historically been characterized by hostility, inequity, and violence. In the complex and fast-paced society of today, historians, social theorists, and anthropologists have been known to spend a lot of time investigating and challenging not only the internal dynamics of the institutions that mold people’s behavior and personalities, but also the interactions between race and culture. The idea that racism has been defeated in America is tough to accept. Although many claim that America is a “color blind nation,” racism and racial conflict are nonetheless pervasive in American institutions’ social fabric. According to the HHS, White Americans have much better health than minority groups like Hispanics, Asian Americans, African Americans, and African Americans. For instance, hypertension, which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and kidney failure, is 16% more common in African American women than in white women (“Health”). Discussions over the causes of this health divide, including whether or not race should be taken into account when prescribing medications, have arisen. When it comes to healthcare access, transgender people frequently encounter the most difficult obstacles. Transgender patients frequently have to go through a lot of hoops or hide their identities in order to acquire the healthcare they need, whether they are looking for access to hormones, therapy, general health services, reproductive healthcare, or specialty healthcare. This is especially true in situations where a person has multiple intersecting identities, such as being both transgender and being a person of color, disabled, LGBT, indigenous, undocumented, impoverished, etc. Inaccessibility based on racism, transphobia, homophobia, stigmatization of mental illness, etc., insurance requirements, and doctors’ general unwillingness to help are just a few of the ways that these intersecting identities interact to create even more barriers for trans people seeking healthcare. The fact that the majority of healthcare professionals are unfamiliar with treating transgender patients may be the biggest factor in the subpar treatment provided to transgender patients.