Who Gets the Organs?

摘要

During the three and a half years she waited for a kidney transplant, retired paralegal Mia Ray left her home in Orange, N.J., every other day and drove to a dialysis center in nearby Livingston. Sitting in a cubicle for hours at a time, Ray watched videos while her blood was cleansed of toxins. Over time she got to know most of the other patients, and as they came and went, she began to notice something. "You hate to say it, or even think it," says Ray, who is African-American. "But it was very rare that I knew someone of color who got a kidney."