We live in a more toxic environmental “soup” now than in our parents’ and grandparents’ day, and the lack of guaranteed health care is a unique driver in the industrialized world. Another explanation, to be blunt, is racism. Black women are more likely to die of heart disease, breast cancer, and pregnancy, and when researchers drill down to determine why, the salient factor is the stress caused by the daily wear and tear of being a woman of color in twenty-first-century America. Health disparities hold true for men of color as well.
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