Black Health

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Black Health is written by Keisha Shantel Ray and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0197620280 (ISBN 10) and 9780197620281 (ISBN 13).

Black Americans generally have worse health than White Americans, but there is nothing inferior about their bodies, despite what some may believe. Why is this? What are the causes of the health disparities that impact the Black community? Relying on research that shows Black people do not have worse health simply because of their race, bioethicist Keisha S. Ray examines how Black people's lives intersect with anti-Black racism in American social institutions, like health care, law, the environment, and housing. When these intersections occur, they result in inequitable access to the social and.