Symptom of Slavery: Racism in Healthcare During a Pandemic

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Identifier: 000024131
Alt Identifier: cip.2020.03.13
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Date: July 2020, July 2020
Description (A look at the health care disparities between white and black communities. Three African American women who work in policy disciplines talk about how factors such as historic dehumanization, increased stress and anxiety, and higher rates of pre-existing health issues have placed black communities at elevated risk of suffering the worst effects of Covid-19. Produced as part of the series A Mask on the Mountains: Dimensions of Covid-19 in Appalachia, a project of Appalshop's Appalachian Media Institute.): A look at the health care disparities between white and black communities. Three African American women who work in policy disciplines talk about how factors such as historic dehumanization, increased stress and anxiety, and higher rates of pre-existing health issues have placed black communities at elevated risk of suffering the worst effects of Covid-19. Produced as part of the series A Mask on the Mountains: Dimensions of Covid-19 in Appalachia, a project of Appalshop's Appalachian Media Institute.
Creator: Enfusse, Abby (produced by)
Media Type: Sound

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Covid-19, African Americans in Appalachia, Creating in Place project, A Mask on the Mountains

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This digital object may not be sold or redistributed, copied or distributed as a photograph, electronic file, or any other media without express written consent from the copyright holder and Appalshop, Inc.

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Appalshop's Appalachian Media Institute

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Creating in Place Project Collection

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Letcher County, KY

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