Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on Health in America by Linda Villarosa

Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on Health in America

Linda Villarosa

288 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction health race challenging emotional informative medium-paced
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Now, in Under the Skin, 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 instru...

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informative 96%
challenging 54%
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sad 28%
hopeful 17%
dark 15%
inspiring 9%
tense 4%

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slow 8%

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