Black Health
The Social, Political, and Cultural Determinants of Black People's Health
Bioethics for Social Justice
- Format: Pocket
- Antall sider: 224
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- Serienavn: Bioethics for Social Justice
- EAN: 9780197620274
- Utgivelsesår: 2023
- Bidragsyter: Ray, Keisha (Associate Professor of bioethics and medical humanities, Associate Professor of bioethics and medical humanities, McGovern Medical School in Houston, Texas)
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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 categorythat 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 Whi