Dying of whiteness : how the politics of racial resentment is killing America's heartland

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Dying of whiteness : how the politics of racial resentment is killing America's heartland

Title remainder

how the politics of racial resentment is killing America's heartland

Statement of responsibility

Jonathan M. Metzl

Title variation

How the politics of racial resentment is killing America's heartland

Creator

• Metzl, Jonathan, 1964-

Author

• Metzl, Jonathan, 1964-

Subject

• United States -- Race relations | Political aspects
• Medical policy -- United States
• Tennessee
• Race relations -- Political aspects
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues
• Whites -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
• Kansas
• Health Status
• Racism -- Political aspects -- United States
• Health Services Accessibility
• Missouri
• Healthcare Disparities
• Racism
• Missouri
• Public health -- United States
• Health Status
• Race relations -- Political aspects
• Whites -- Health and hygiene -- United States
• Public health
• Politics
• United States
• Medical policy
• United States
• Socioeconomic Factors
• Kansas
• Racism
• Public health
• MEDICAL / Public Health
• Healthcare Disparities
• Tennessee
• Socioeconomic Factors
• Politics
• Health Services Accessibility
• Medical policy

Language

eng

Summary

"With the rise of the Tea Party and the election of Donald Trump, many middle- and lower-income white Americans threw their support behind conservative politicians who pledged to make life great again for people like them. But as Dying of Whiteness shows, the right-wing policies that resulted from this white backlash put these voters' very health at risk--and, in the end, threaten everyone's well-being. Physician and sociologist Jonathan M. Metzl travels across America's heartland seeking to better understand the politics of racial resentment and its impact on public health. Interviewing a range of Americans, he uncovers how racial anxieties led to the repeal of gun control laws in Missouri, stymied the Affordable Care Act in Tennessee, and fueled massive cuts to schools and social services in Kansas. Although such measures promised to restore greatness to white America, Metzl's systematic analysis of health data dramatically reveals they did just the opposite: these policies made life sicker, harder, and shorter in the very populations they purported to aid. Thus, white life expectancies fell, gun suicides soared, and school dropout rates rose. Powerful, searing, and sobering, Dying of Whiteness ultimately demonstrates just how much white America would benefit by emphasizing cooperation, rather than chasing false promises of supremacy"--Publisher's description

Cataloging source

NLM

Dewey number

362.1089

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

• RA563.M56
• RA563.M56
• RA395.A3

LC item number

• M489 2019
• M48 2019
• .M489 2019

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

NLM call number

• 2019 D-032
• WA 300 AM8