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Author Villarosa, Linda, author.

Title Under the skin : the hidden toll of racism on American lives and on the health of our nation / Linda Villarosa. [Boundless electronic resource]

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Doubleday, [2022]
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Description 1 online resource (269 pages)
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Contents 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.
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes biographical references (pages 219-247).
System Details Requires Boundless App.
Subject African Americans -- Health and hygiene.
Discrimination in medical care -- United States.
Racism in medicine -- United States.
African Americans -- Social conditions.
Racism against Black people -- United States.
United States -- Race relations.
Other Form: Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Villarosa, Linda. Under the skin New York : Doubleday, [2022] 9780385544887 (DLC) 2021043388 (OCoLC)1269409888
ISBN 9780385544894
0385544898
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