Racism and health

  Racism is a Serious Threat to the Public's Health  Racism is a system consisting of structure , policies , practices  and norms that assigns value and determines opportunity based on the way people look or the colour of their skin. This result in conditions that unfairly advantage some and disadvantage other throughout society. Racism both interpersonal and structural negatively affects the mental and physical health of millions of people preventing them from attaining their highest level of health and consequently, affecting the health of our nation. A growing body of research shows that centuries of racism in this country has had a profound and negative impact on community of colour . The impact is pervasive and deeply embedded in our society affecting where one lives, learns, work, worship and play and creating inequities in access to a range of social and economical benefits such as housing, education, wealth and employment. These conditions often referred to as soc...