{"product_id":"under-the-skin-the-hidden-toll-of-racism-on-american-lives-pulitzer-prize-finalist-paperback","title":"Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives (Pulitzer Prize Finalist) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLinda Villarosa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - \"A stunning exposé of why Black people in our society 'live sicker and die quicker'--an eye-opening game changer.\"--\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom an award-winning writer at the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and a contributor to the 1619 Project comes a landmark book that tells the full story of racial health disparities in America, revealing the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of our nation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2018, Linda Villarosa's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e article on maternal and infant mortality among black mothers and babies in America caused an awakening. Hundreds of studies had previously established a link between racial discrimination and the health of Black Americans, with little progress toward solutions. But Villarosa's article exposing that a Black woman with a college education is as likely to die or nearly die in childbirth as a white woman with an eighth grade education made racial disparities in health care impossible to ignore. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, in \u003ci\u003eUnder the Skin\u003c\/i\u003e, Linda Villarosa lays bare the forces in the American health-care system and in American society that cause Black people to \"live sicker and die quicker\" compared to their white counterparts. Today's medical texts and instruments still carry fallacious slavery-era assumptions that Black bodies are fundamentally different from white bodies. Study after study of medical settings show worse treatment and outcomes for Black patients. Black people live in dirtier, more polluted communities due to environmental racism and neglect from all levels of government. And, most powerfully, Villarosa describes the new understanding that coping with the daily scourge of racism ages Black people prematurely. Anchored by unforgettable human stories and offering incontrovertible proof, \u003ci\u003eUnder the Skin\u003c\/i\u003e is dramatic, tragic, and necessary reading.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLINDA VILLAROSA is a journalism professor at the City University of New York and a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine, where she covers the intersection of race and health. She has also served as executive editor at \u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e and as a science editor at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times.\u003c\/i\u003e Her article on maternal and infant mortality was a finalist for a National Magazine Award. She is a contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe 1619 Project\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 7.87 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pulitzer Prize (2023)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53335618322797,"sku":"9780525566229","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/WFc0U3RYOEd1bkFIOGVoTVFOckFnQT09.webp?v=1778900712","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/under-the-skin-the-hidden-toll-of-racism-on-american-lives-pulitzer-prize-finalist-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}