Earlier this year, bioethics philosopher Justin Bernstein sat down with Back in America podcast editor Josh Wagner to discuss the ethics of selecting a particular group to receive the vaccine first. Focusing on equity injustices, he highlighted non-healthcare essential workers as being the least compensated for their jobs and therefore the most deserving of being prioritized for getting the vaccine. The question then centered on prioritizing reparations of other inequities for racial and ethnic minorities in terms of the healthcare gap. Bernstein even went as far as to raise the question: “Should race and ethnicity be a factor in deciding who should get the vaccine first?” Ultimately deciding against it, Bernstein cited that vaccine hesitancy among Black American communities because they “know the long and sordid history of medical abuse and government deceptions” that continues today. So, what does this mean for the racial inequity in healthcare, and how can we begin to close it through vaccine eligibility?