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Americans like to believe we're in complete control of our own health—but structural racism has shaped everything from food access to living environments, meaning that racial disparities in health and healthcare persist. We speak with Linda Villarosa, contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine, an educator at CUNY's Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, and author of the new book, Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of our Nation.
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Americans like to believe we're in complete control of our own health—but structural racism has shaped everything from food access to living environments, meaning that racial disparities in health and healthcare persist. We speak with Linda Villarosa, contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine, an educator at CUNY's Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, and author of the new book, Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of our Nation.

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