In Brother Epistles, Shanda McManus, a family medicine physician, pens a memoir that encapsulates the Black lived experience across an array of topics, including residential segregation, the prison-industrial complex, environmental injustice, and health disparities, among others, laying bare the personal consequences of systemic inequity. McManus also unpacks how black guilt takes shape for those, like…
Author: Eric T. Jones
I'm an interdisciplinary scholar whose research interests expand across Environmental Justice, the Medical Civil Rights Movement, History of Medicine, and Science, Technology, and Society.
What Good Is Freedom Without Health?
This holiday weekend marked two significant days – Juneteenth and Father’s Day. On the surface, these days are unrelated, but they help us reflect on health inequity in the United States. Juneteenth has created a space to discuss the ongoing battle for social justice, including racialized health disparities. The rates of disease and death that…
Air Pollution and Black Bodies: A Cause of Death
Why do Black people die prematurely? Racial health disparities have always existed in the United States. Despite notable progress, Black people continue to experience a disproportionate burden of disease and death. While lifestyle choices and environmental conditions contribute to poor health outcomes, focusing mainly on diet and exercise minimizes the importance of environmental health. In…