Sam Seder
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Capitalism And The Structural Violence Of American Healthcare
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February 3, 2018
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11:00Now PlayingIn this Majority Report clip, structural violence is just as real as gun violence.
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"Drawing on a four-decade career of practicing medicine in Chicago, David A. Ansell, MD, MPH, has written The Death Gap: How Inequality Kills, an indictment of economic inequality and its impact on health. The book was published in May by the University of Chicago Press.
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An example of structural violence is racism and other forms of exploitation and discrimination that lead to inequality in many aspects of life, including health and life expectancy. Historical injustices are perpetuated into the present, making it difficult for individuals to achieve upward mobility and good health. It is structural because it is embedded in the laws, policies, and routine practices of society (in housing policies, zoning laws, tax laws, banking regulations, etc.) that mire certain neighborhoods in concentrated poverty while at the same time allow other neighborhoods of concentrated affluence to flourish. The premature mortality that ensues is a problem of national scope, affecting folks in inner cities, Native American reservations, and now white people without college education, across the United States."*
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