Description: Black Health : The Social, Political, and Cultural Determinants of Black People's Health, Paperback by Ray, Keisha, ISBN 0197620272, ISBN-13 9780197620274, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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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Book Title: Black Health : The Social, Political, and Cultural Determinants o
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Black Health : the Social, Political, and Cultural Determinants of Black People's Health
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2023
Subject: Ethics, Ethnic Studies / General, Political
Item Height: 0.9 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 10.6 Oz
Subject Area: Philosophy, Social Science, Medical
Author: Keisha Ray
Item Length: 5.6 in
Series: Bioethics for Social Justice Ser.
Item Width: 7.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
