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092 _a362.1089
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100 1 _aMetzl, Jonathan,
_d1964-
_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _aDying of whiteness :
_bhow the politics of racial resentment is killing America's heartland /
_cJonathan M. Metzl.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_c2019.
300 _aviii, 341 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 289-330) and index.
520 _a"With the rise of the Tea Party and the election of Donald Trump, many middle- and lower-income white Americans threw their support behind conservative politicians who pledged to make life great again for people like them. But as Dying of Whiteness shows, the right-wing policies that resulted from this white backlash put these voters' very health at risk--and, in the end, threaten everyone's well-being. Physician and sociologist Jonathan M. Metzl travels across America's heartland seeking to better understand the politics of racial resentment and its impact on public health. Interviewing a range of Americans, he uncovers how racial anxieties led to the repeal of gun control laws in Missouri, stymied the Affordable Care Act in Tennessee, and fueled massive cuts to schools and social services in Kansas. Although such measures promised to restore greatness to white America, Metzl's systematic analysis of health data dramatically reveals they did just the opposite: these policies made life sicker, harder, and shorten in the very populations they purported to aid. Thus, white life expectancies fell, gun suicides soared, and school dropout rates rose. Powerful, searing, and sobering, Dying of Whiteness ultimately demonstrates just how much white America would benefit by emphasizing cooperation, rather than chasing false promises of supremacy"--Publisher's description.
650 0 _aMedical policy
_zUnited States.
_9104387
650 0 _aPublic health
_zUnited States.
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651 0 _aUnited States
_xRace relations
_xPolitical aspects.
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650 0 _aRacism
_xPolitical aspects
_zUnited States.
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650 0 _aWhites
_xHealth and hygiene
_zUnited States.
_9392517
650 0 _aWhites
_zUnited States
_xSocial conditions
_y21st century.
_9392518
651 0 _aTennessee.
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651 0 _aMissouri.
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651 0 _aKansas.
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