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In the US, race is shorthand for class. In the US, class is not supposed to be noticed. Race is difficult (and insulting) to ignore. See also: https://www.ucpre
by WBrentWilliams 3y ago
In the US, race is shorthand for class. In the US, class is not supposed to be noticed. Race is difficult (and insulting) to ignore. See also: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520261303/being-black-living-in-the-red https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520261303/being-black-livin...
- wyager 3y agoMany of these conditioning effects persist even when controlling for wealth. Evidently there are other factors at play. Perhaps dietary differences, differences in medical requirements, etc.
- WBrentWilliams 3y agoA few confounding factors. Cross-checking and citation left and an exercise to the reader: Immigrants that get through the (metaphorical and literal) gauntlets to get into the US skew longevity via a Darwinian reading. Staying to any traditional diet, working with what is in season, has health impacts. Immigrants form communities out of necessity. Strong communities lead to longer lifespans and has a decrease on childhood deaths. None of these confounding factors corrects for the race-as-class indicator. They simply have a mathematical effect of smearing the statistics. There is a difference between wealth and class. Class implies wealth, not the other way around. Hence why many die in hospital, despite having wealth, due to their race implying class. This shorthand leads to many outcomes, including calibration of equipment problems that are masked by the race-implies-class effects.