Introduction:

The history of the black population in Brazil dates back to the slavery of the Africa peoples. From the beginning of this aggression to current days, black and brown people have been victims of social and economic inequalities, despite the abolition of slavery. The State has failed to offer support to integrate this population into society and therefore a large proportion of it has been marginalized.

Objective:

To indicate the problems that affect the black population, analyze the vulnerability process of the black population in the context of the Sars-Cov 2 pandemic, to highlight the educational situation of the black population in medical training, and consider the health care of black patients.

Development:

Some theories have emerged that have tried to detach black people as separate from society, as if there were some justification for someone to be looked down upon by others. The acknowledgment of racism in health care led to the creation of the National Comprehensive Health Policy for the Black Population (PNSIPN) in 2009, which aims to track the problems faced by this population, as well as targets for education and care for this population. The Sars-Cov-2 pandemic in 2020 has further exposed both the vulnerability of this population and the invisibility of the issue of race/color in medical training. Thus, there is a need for a cross-sectional discussion regarding race/color in education, as highlighted by the 2014 National Curricular Guidelines (DCN) for Medicine. Medical training courses remain a predominantly white environment, in terms of students and teachers.

Conclusion:

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the situation of the black population in their health experiences, as well as the inclusion of this issue in the training of current and future health professionals. We need to understand how the race/color issue is related to the health of the population.

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