The Forward Movement: Color Blind, or Blind to the Truth?

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1Orthopaedic Surgeon, OrthoVirginia, Richmond, VA, USA K. Owusu-Akyaw ✉, OrthoVirgina, 7858 Shrader Road Richmond, VA 23294, USA, Email: [email protected] A note from the Editor-in-Chief: Sports medicine specialists engage in their communities in ways that most physicians cannot. They are uniquely positioned to cultivate relationships with patients, but also with trainers, coaches, athletes, families, educators, and civic leaders. In this quarterly column, orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist Kwadwo Owusu-Akyaw MD will talk to community mentors, sports trainers, athletes, and colleagues from the J. Robert Gladden Orthopaedic Society about how race plays a role in each of these relationships and more broadly, orthopaedic surgery. Dr. Owusu-Akyaw provides his perspective from this position as a Black man working in a predominately White profession in a country still struggling with race relations and social justice movements. We welcome reader feedback on all of our columns and articles; please send your comments to[email protected]. The author certifies that there are no funding or commercial associations (consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangements, etc.) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article related to the author or any immediate family members. All ICMJE Conflict of Interest Forms for authors and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® editors and board members are on file with the publication and can be viewed on request. The opinions expressed are those of the writers, and do not reflect the opinion or policy of CORR® or The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons®.