Health Equity

Racism’s corrosive impact on the health of Black Americans

Abstract: Bill Whitaker reports on how decades of research show that racism is adversely affecting Black Americans' health in several different ways.

Publication: CBS News

Date Published: April 13, 2021

Author(s): Bill Whitaker

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