Under the skin : the hidden toll of racism on American lives and on the health of our nation /
Villarosa, Linda,
Under the skin : the hidden toll of racism on American lives and on the health of our nation / Linda Villarosa. - First edition. - 269 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Everything I thought was wrong -- The dangerous myth that Black bodies are different -- Unequal treatment -- Something about being Black is bad for your body and your baby -- Where you live matters -- Strong, loud, and angry: The invisibility of Black emotional pain -- Discrimination and ill-treatment can harm every body -- Putting the care back in health care: Solutions.
"The first book to tell the full story of race and health in America today, showing the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of our nation, by a groundbreaking journalist at the New York Times Magazine"--
038554488X 9780385544887
2021043388
African Americans--Health and hygiene--United States.
African Americans--Social conditions.
Discrimination in medical care--United States.
Racism in medicine--United States.
History.
RA448.5 .N4 / V55 2022
362.1089/96073
Under the skin : the hidden toll of racism on American lives and on the health of our nation / Linda Villarosa. - First edition. - 269 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Everything I thought was wrong -- The dangerous myth that Black bodies are different -- Unequal treatment -- Something about being Black is bad for your body and your baby -- Where you live matters -- Strong, loud, and angry: The invisibility of Black emotional pain -- Discrimination and ill-treatment can harm every body -- Putting the care back in health care: Solutions.
"The first book to tell the full story of race and health in America today, showing the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of our nation, by a groundbreaking journalist at the New York Times Magazine"--
038554488X 9780385544887
2021043388
African Americans--Health and hygiene--United States.
African Americans--Social conditions.
Discrimination in medical care--United States.
Racism in medicine--United States.
History.
RA448.5 .N4 / V55 2022
362.1089/96073