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Black Health - The Social, Political, and Cultural Determinants of Black People's Health (Hardcover)
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Black Health - The Social, Political, and Cultural Determinants of Black People's Health (Hardcover)
Series: Bioethics for Social Justice
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Why do American Black people generally have worse health than
American White people? To answer this question, Black Health
dispels any notion that Black people have inferior bodies that are
inherently susceptible to disease. This is simply false racial
science used to justify White supremacy and Black inferiority. A
genuine investigation into the status of Black people's health
requires us to acknowledge that race has always been a powerful
social category that gives access to the resources we need for
health and wellbeing to some people, while withholding them from
other people. Systemic racism, oppression, and White supremacy in
American institutions have largely been the perpetrators of
differing social power and access to resources for Black people. It
is these systemic inequities that create the social conditions
needed for poor health outcomes for Black people to persist. An
examination of social inequities reveals that is no accident that
Black people have poorer health than White people. Black Health
provides a succinct discussion of Black people's health, including
the social, political, and at times cultural determinants of their
health. Using real stories from Black people, Ray examines the ways
in which Black people's multiple identities--social, cultural, and
political--intersect with American institutions--such as housing,
education, environmentalism, and health care--to facilitate their
poor outcomes in pregnancy and birth, pain management, sleep, and
cardiovascular disease.
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