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

Sickening : Anti-Black Racism and Health Disparities in the United States, Hardcover by Pollock, Anne, ISBN 1517911710, ISBN-13 9781517911713, Brand New, Free shipping in the US<p><b>An event-by-event look at how institutionalized racism harms the health of African Americans in the twenty-first century</b><br> &#160;</p><p>A crucial component of anti-Black racism is the unconscionable disparity in health outcomes between Black and white Americans. <i>Sickening</i> examines this institutionalized inequality through dramatic, concrete events from the past two decades, revealing how unequal living conditions and inadequate medical care have become routine.&#160;</p><p>From the spike in chronic disease after Hurricane Katrina to the lack of protection for Black residents during the Flint water crisis&#8212;and even the life-threatening childbirth experience for tennis star Serena Williams&#8212;author Anne Pollock takes readers on a journey through the diversity of anti-Black racism operating in healthcare. She goes beneath the surface to deconstruct the structures that make these events possible, including mass incarceration, police brutality, and the hypervisibility of Black athletes&#8217; bodies. Ultimately, <i>Sickening</i> shows what these shocking events reveal about the everyday racialization of health in the United States.</p><p>Concluding with a vital examination of racialized healthcare during the COVID pandemic and the Black Lives Matter rebellions of 2020, <i>Sickening</i> cuts through the mind-numbing statistics to vividly portray healthcare inequalities. In a gripping and passionate style, Pollock shows the devastating reality and consequences of systemic racism on the lives and health of Black Americans.&#160;</p>