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Too often this story of inequity and disadvantage in health gets dismissed as “only” affecting the poor, or being one of class, not race. It is indisputable that poverty creates emotional disruption, inequality, and fear. Health-care facilities in lower-income communities are often underfunded and left to waste away. The poorest communities lack ac
... See moreLinda Villarosa • Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
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UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurer’s Inner Workings.
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ideas argue that racist policies are the cause
Ibram X. Kendi • How to Be an Antiracist
As ambassadors of aloha, Hawaiian women have been susceptible to the eroticization of their bodies and the insistent commodification of their aloha.
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
are ravaging bodies in Eastern and Southern Africa, a region already containing 25 percent of the world’s malnourished population. Human-made environmental catastrophes disproportionately harming bodies of color are not unusual; for instance, nearly four thousand U.S. areas—mostly poor and non-White—have higher lead poisoning rates than Flint, Mich
... See moreIbram X. Kendi • How to Be an Antiracist
What Really Makes You Ill?: Why Everything You Thought You Knew About Disease Is Wrong
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An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
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