Reparations as a Public Health Priority — A Strategy for Ending Black–White Health Disparities

The Black–White health gap is inseparable from the enormous gap in resources between U.S. Blacks and Whites. The radical implication of this link is that what really needs fixing is access to resources. One means for fixing it is Black reparations for slavery.

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Published in:The New England journal of medicine Vol. 383; no. 22; pp. 2101 - 2103
Main Authors: Bassett, Mary T, Galea, Sandro
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 26.11.2020
Subjects:
African Americans
Compensation and Redress
European Continental Ancestry Group
Health disparities
Health Priorities
Health Resources
Health Services Accessibility - economics
Health Status Disparities
Humans
Life expectancy
Public health
Racism
Reparations
Slavery
United States
United States
United States > US
ISSN:0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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Summary:The Black–White health gap is inseparable from the enormous gap in resources between U.S. Blacks and Whites. The radical implication of this link is that what really needs fixing is access to resources. One means for fixing it is Black reparations for slavery.
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMp2026170