How Racism Makes Us Sick

Explore the profound impact of racism on health in this eye-opening TED Talk. Discover how David R. Williams developed a scale to measure discrimination's effects on well-being, going beyond traditional metrics like income and education. Learn about the role of implicit bias, residential segregation, and negative stereotypes in creating and sustaining inequality. Examine evidence of how racism produces a rigged system and gain insights into promising programs across the United States working to dismantle discrimination. Gain a deeper understanding of the complex relationship between race and health outcomes in this thought-provoking 17-minute presentation.