A physician's "provocative" (Boston Globe) and "timely" (Ibram X.
Kendi, New York Times Book Review) account of how right-wing
backlash policies have deadly consequences - even for the white
voters they promise to help. In election after election,
conservative white Americans have embraced politicians who pledge
to make their lives great again. But as Dying of Whiteness shows,
right-wing policies put these voters' very health at risk-and in
the end, threaten everyone's well-being. Physician and sociologist
Jonathan M. Metzl travels across America's heartland seeking to
better understand the politics of racial resentment and its impact
on public health. Interviewing a range of Americans, he uncovers
how racial anxieties led to the repeal of gun control laws in
Missouri, fueled massive cuts to schools and social services in
Kansas, and stymied healthcare reform across the country. Although
such measures promised to restore greatness to white America,
Metzl's systematic analysis of health data reveals they did just
the opposite: these policies made life sicker, harder, and shorter
in the very populations they purported to aid. Thus, white gun
suicides soared, life expectancies fell, and school dropout rates
rose. Now with a new foreword on the backlash to the American
pandemic response, Dying of Whiteness demonstrates how much white
America would benefit by emphasizing cooperation, rather than
chasing false promises of supremacy.? Winner of the Robert F.
Kennedy Book Award
General
| Imprint: |
BasicBooks
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
February 2024 |
| Authors: |
Jonathan M. Metzl
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 140mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
368 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5416-0448-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-5416-0448-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781541604483 |
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