Sickening Audiobook Libro.fm

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A crucial component of antiBlack 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 care have become routine

From the spike in chronic disease after Hurricane Katrina to the lack of protection for Black residents during the Flint water crisisand even the lifethreatening childbirth experience for tennis star Serena Williamsauthor Anne Pollock takes listeners on a journey through the diversity of antiBlack 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 bodies Ultimately Sickening shows what these shocking events reveal about the everyday racialization of health in the United States

Concluding with an examination of racialized healthcare during the COVID pandemic and the Black Lives Matter rebellions of 2020 Sickening cuts through the mindnumbing statistics to vividly portray healthcare inequalities In a gripping style Pollock shows the devastating reality and consequences of systemic racism on the lives and health of Black Americans