{"product_id":"9781662601675","title":"Systemic","description":"\u003cb\u003eA science-based, data-driven, and global exploration of racial disparities in health care access by virologist, immunologist, and science journalist Layal Liverpool; In the spirit of ambitious bestselling books like \u003ci\u003eMedical Apartheid \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eKilling the Black Body. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe COVID-19 pandemic taught us that viruses disproportionately affect people of color. Here, Layal Liverpool goes a step further to show that this disparity exists for all types of illness and that it is caused by racism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiverpool will show how racism is woven, invisibly, not just into the structure of medicine and science but into our very bodies. Refuting the false belief that there are biological differences between races, Liverpool goes on to show that racial stereotyping and trauma can however lead to biological changes that make people of color more vulnerable to illness. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSystemic\u003c\/i\u003e tackles:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe problem of racial bias and data gaps in medicine where the default human subject is white\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe dangerous health consequences of systemic racism, from the physical and psychological effects of daily micro- and macro-aggressions to intergenerational trauma\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe fatal stereotypes that keep people of color undiagnosed, untreated, and unsafe \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow we can fix these problems by confronting bias and closing the data gap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing data-driven science, Layal Liverpool shows that racism itself can have biological consequences on the body.","brand":"Layal Liverpool","offers":[{"title":"Astra Publishing House |  Hardback  |  2024-06-18","offer_id":44663267918079,"sku":"9781662601675","price":41.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_aaa0111a-f9db-4ce5-a424-579d40848971.jpg?v=1704962967","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781662601675","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}