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Whole Communities-Whole Health

protestor holding sign "racism is a pandemic too"

The Body’s Real-Time Response to Racism

June 15, 2021 by Rachel White

For the first time, researchers have recorded how the body responds when someone is confronted with racism or discrimination in the real world, providing new insight into health disparities in the United States and the stress experienced by students-of-color.

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