Inequities in healthcare and unequal risk correlated with racial categories have received a lot of attention in the past year and a half. From early in the COVID-19 pandemic, it was apparent that the risks of severe disease were not borne equally. Age is clearly related to risk, with plausible biological underpinnings; we have observed independently that the behavior of our immune systems changes throughout our lives. Variation in risk is also correlated with racial categories, but here the story is complex, involving … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Formulas for Equitable Healthcare
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Book Review: The Agony of Education
The Agony of Education: Black Students at a White University by Joe R. Feagin, Hernan Vera, and Nikitah Imani (Taylor & Francis, 1996) is a hard book to read. I noted that it has a 1996 copyright and has probably sat on my "unread books" pile for the best part of a decade. The book chronicles the struggles of black students at a predominantly white, large State University that is not identified. The big question for me in reading this book is whether to accept the "racialized society" approach in analyzing the … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Agony of Education