Sickening: Anti-Black Racism and Health Disparities in the United States

by Anne Pollock

Book Overview

An event-by-event look at how institutionalized racism harms the health of African Americans in the twenty-first century

A crucial component of anti-Black racism is the unconscionable disparity in health outcomes between Black and white Americans. Sickening examines this institutionalized inequality through dramatic, concrete events from the past two decades, revealing how unequal living conditions and inadequate medical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517911729
• ISBN13: 9781517911720
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"