Linda Villarosa‘s wonderfully written book makes stunning points about the health risks of racism amid moving narratives of real people‘s experiences.
Doubleday
9780385544887
Doubleday
9780385544887
Linda Villarosa‘s wonderfully written book makes stunning points about the health risks of racism amid moving narratives of real people‘s experiences.
Linda Villarosa grew up in a high-achieving Black family in a mostly white suburb of Denver. When she began writing about Black women's health for Essence in the mid-1980s, her articles were all about self-help and self-improvement, based on the assumption that poverty and poor education were the reasons for detrimental health conditions among Black…
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