Racist communities are unhealthy communities. A recent study links higher racial bias in a community with more deaths from heart disease, not only in groups targeted by racial bias, Black people, but also in the White people harboring it.
Dr. Monica Wang explains that one potential reason for this is racism acts as pollution – harming its targets most and weakening social bonds and cohesion throughout a community. We need social connection; without it, everyone’s health suffers.
