Medical Neglect Is Killing Black Women
COVID is having a grave impact in our communities and on Black women most of all. Both the Black identity and the female identity are often neglected and unresearched by western healthcare systems. This is a disheartening and frustrating reality. What are you going to do about it?
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Show Notes
A study at Harvard found that Black women in Michigan and Georgia have died from COVID-19 at disproportionately higher rates than white men. Researchers say they are not surprised by this finding, being that Black women intersect both the Black identity and the female identity, two identities that are often neglected and unresearched by western healthcare systems. Joe Madison asks listeners to find their purpose in responding to this disheartening and frustrating reality.