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In reply to the discussion: Less-educated middle-age US whites dying younger than others [View all]BumRushDaShow
(128,704 posts)10. The black "working class" that gets ignored as if they don't exist
were always the last to be hired and the first to be fired, and were continually cited in statistic after statistic of having the highest death rates for all of the worst health conditions. Folks forced to live in "food desert" neighborhoods drenched in the toxic leftovers of the long-abandoned factories where earlier generations worked. But it was expected that once the greed factor ran roughshod through communities of POC, it was only a matter of time before greed would eventually get around to negatively impacting the majority population. And only then has it become "a thing".
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Less-educated middle-age US whites dying younger than others [View all]
Grizzled Ol Granddad
Mar 2017
OP
GAH. And what are the numbers for middle aged PoC with limited education. Bet the stats are similar.
iluvtennis
Mar 2017
#2
It's true. Increases stress hormones, raises blood pressure, increases smoking & drinking.
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2017
#19
White men with high school diplomas make as much as black women with Masters degrees
Recursion
Mar 2017
#17
While repug political hacks point to the increased lifespan of the overall population to justify
Mc Mike
Mar 2017
#11
Smokers, druggers, haters, bad eaters, no exercise, watching Duck Dynasty and FOX.
nikibatts
Mar 2017
#12
but thanks to Obamacare, insurance can't drop them after their 4th or 5th heart attack
pstokely
Mar 2017
#14