I said this years ago: Study: Discrimination Shortens Lives

[MarathonMike]

Studies show that consistent exposure to adversity and marginalization causes early health declines in black Americans. Racism is more than thoughts and spoken slurs. The practice of racism relative to the treatment of people is illegal only on paper. It still goes on in America right now. Racism is an abusive behavior based on an individual’s race that causes lifelong harm. Racial abuse can lead to self-destructive and societally destructive violent behavior.

Study: Racism shortens lives and hurts health of blacks by promoting genes that lead to inflammation and illness​

Racism is toxic to our health in the same way smoking is, by damaging our natural defenses to fight off disease, says April Thames, professor of psychology and psychiatry at USC Dornsife.

African Americans have worse health outcomes and die earlier than whites.

Negative social attitudes, such as racism and discrimination, damage the health of those who are targeted by triggering a cascade of aberrant biological responses, including abnormal gene activity. It is not surprising that reports documenting lifespan and causes of mortality have demonstrated a clear pattern: African Americans die sooner and bear a heavier burden of many diseases, including hypertension, heart disease, dementia and late-stage breast cancer.

Scientists have searched for genetic causes to health disparities between blacks and whites but have had limited success. The strongest evidence to date points to social-environmental factors such as poverty, health care inequities and racism.

Study: Racism shortens lives and hurts health of blacks by promoting genes that lead to inflammation and illness

Racism is toxic to our health in the same way smoking is, by damaging our natural defenses to fight off disease, says April Thames, professor of psychology and psychiatry at USC Dornsife. [6 min read]

dornsife.usc.edu

Poor diet and poor lifestyle choices are leading factors ignored by the OP.

 

[Lisa558]

Poor diet and poor lifestyle choices are leading factors ignored by the OP.

I said the same thing another time (when he blamed racism), and of course he screamed “waaaaaacist Jew whore” at me.

 

[Cassandro]

Studies show that consistent exposure to adversity and marginalization causes early health declines in black Americans.

You are correct that stress causes health problems and shortened lifespans. However, blaming it all on ethereal racism does not reflect the actual effects on all Black people. Some experience relatively little racism, while other are consumed by it.

 

[IM2]

You are correct that stress causes health problems and shortened lifespans. However, blaming it all on ethereal racism does not reflect the actual effects on all Black people. Some experience relatively little racism, while other are consumed by it.

I am black, don't try telling me what we experience. Racism affects every black person in this country. That is a fact, and your white --- does not have the lived experience to dispute my and the lived experience of the 50 million blacks living in this country. Whites like you need to shut the f--- up. The root cause of the problems we as backs face is white racism.

 

[Lisa558]

I’m thinking Jews suffer a lot of antisemitism, and that stress is why breast cancer is more prevalent among Jews. Yeah…I’m sure that’s it!

Of course, there’s not a lot a Jewish woman can do to avoid breast cancer, but blacks can improve their diets and reduce the occurrence of diabetes and heart attacks.