What nobody says about Black deaths
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Published2 months ago
Duration20:59
Video IDGyL1SJZSIp0
Languageen-US
CategoryNews & Politics
PrivacyPublic
Made for KidsNo
Video TypeRegular Video
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Views305.8K
Likes13.2K
Comments3.4K
Engagement Rate5.44%
Likes per 100 views4.33
Comments per 1K views11.11
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#ken la corte#elephant in the room#black americans#life expectancy gap#black immigrants#african immigrants#caribbean immigrants#u.s. healthcare disparities#racism and health outcomes#segregation#prostate cancer#salt sensitivity#pew research center#public health disparities#chronic disease america#race and longevity#documentary#origins#scholarly#data on african american health
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"It's undeniable that the average Black American lives a shorter lifespan than others. But the answers aren't the neat and 'obvious' ones that most people believe." –Ken
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► CORRECTION: @forrest7482 correctly pointed out that the Stanford "food desert" study I mention at 7:38 was also the same as the NYU study I mentioned as a separate study. It was a joint study, not two separate ones.
It's one of a handful of studies that come to the same basic conclusion. Like this one in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212267224008025). And a few others I found via Perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/c7935023-deac-4dcd-85e0-2f3f0b929d5f
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