The long-term impacts of systemic racism and structural inequities on Black Americans manifest in many ways, and a new paper published by the Institute for Social Research’s Survey Research Center focuses on the health differences between Black and white Americans caused by long-term stress. Kira Birditt, Ph.D., the primary author of the study, comments on the paper’s findings in this article from the Institute for Social Research.
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