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

Metzl, Jonathan, 1964- author.

First edition.

Book

New York : Basic Books, 2019.

viii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

"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"--Dust jacket flap.

Medical policy -- United States.

Public health -- United States.

Racism -- Political aspects -- United States.

White people -- Health and hygiene -- United States.

White people -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.

United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects.

Dying of whiteness -- Missouri -- The cape -- Risk -- Interview : I can't just make it go away -- The man card -- Interview : we gotta take up arms -- Preventative medicine -- Interview : the biggest heart -- What was the risk? -- Interview : the whys and what-ifs -- Trigger warnings -- Tennessee -- Unaffordable -- Cost -- In the name of affordable care -- Focus -- Socialism -- Everybody -- De-progressive -- The numbers tell the story -- Kansas -- Beneath the surface -- There's no place like home -- The Kansas experiment -- Interview : a downward cycle -- Austerity -- Interview : a bad rap -- The schools -- Interview : the race card -- Congestive heart failure -- Interview : no matter what he does -- Millions of millions -- The castle doctrine.

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