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Black people are less likely to register as organ donors than other groups.

Black people are more likely to suffer from chronic diseases such as diabetes and kidney failure.

Historical medical mistreatment has led to a deep-rooted distrust of the medical field within the Black community.

PLAIN TWP. − Miles McNair-Brown was just 15 when he underwent his first kidney transplant due to vasculitis, which came on the heels of his mother's unexpected death during surgery for a liver transplant.

"That kidney lasted 18 years," he said.

Then in 2020, McNair-Brown was diagnosed with kidney cancer and lymphoma.

"They gave me chemo. I had to stop my rejection meds. Everything went south," he said. "Because of the cancer, I had to wait two years to apply to be on the (recipie

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