— a partnership of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and Michigan State University — created to call attention to the health crisis of Black men.
“Black men are hidden in plain sight,” Thorpe says. “I mean, we have the worst health profile. We have premature mortality, which means we die before the overwhelming majority of men do. We’re often in the media either being attacked by the police, or enduring other experiences from structural racism. There’s very little support that’s been given. The evidence is all in front of us, but there seems to be no particular people calling it out or moving to drive toward solutions.
For instance, he says, when it comes to heart disease, Black men are 30 percent more likely to die than White men; for stroke, it’s 60 percent. And they are 75 percent less likely to have health insurance than White men. But numbers don’t tell the full story. Thorpe recently sat down with The Washington Post for an interview. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
why the race bs with this medias bro, everything in u.s.a. is about race hahaha
Democrats proving once again they hate Blacks, since most of them live in cities controlled by Democrats.
Systemic racism and white supermacy, I’m sure. No personal responsibility required 🤡
Healthcare is not a right. It's expensive and you have to pay for it. It works that way in most of the world.
How insulting and racist to assume black men don’t have insurance. So it sounds like you’d be happy if white men drop dead? Would that be equitable enough for you all?
Heart disease and strokes are now racist.
🙄. Just looking for ANYTHING now
White men are more likely to be the victim of a black murderer than a black man is more likely to be the victim of a white murderer.
Obamacare makes sure everyone has insurance, remember that narrative?
Makes sense. They don’t eat right nor take care of themselves. Smoke drink and drugs. Incarceration
Universal healthcare for all would be nice.
According to who?
Why? Obamacare was written to provide and mandate insurance for ALL.
This is what they call in medical circles, horse shit.
CDC reported black gay men got more monkey pox also
Because they steal junk food instead of healthy food.
Pete told me they’re just using the wrong highway.
They are also 5 times more likely to be shot. Why is that?
Getting a good job alleviates this.
It’s remarkable how much of these “black vs white” disparity stories can be explained by “poor life choices”.
Now do causes of heart disease and stroke based of lifestyle choices including diet, exercise, etc personal responsibility instead of blaming the other guy. Same old same old race baiting from the which goal appears to divide and destroy the USA 🇺🇸.
Single Payer Now!
Probably more likely to die via gun violence and overdose as well. But the WaPO won’t mention that - as that is self-inflicted.
Racism makes black men eat awful fatty food, get no exercise and smoke It's either racism or climate change
Differential access to healthy food. Not surprising
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