Remarkable.

Brilliant, illuminating.

... wonderfully written. It’s not an inaccessible academic work or a polemic. Rather, its points are made amid moving narratives of real people’s experiences. The book also serves as a stake in the ground for Villarosa as she powerfully discloses what years of reporting have led her to understand: 'The something that is making Black Americans sicker is not race per se, or the lack of money, education, information, and access to health services that can be tied to being Black in America. It is also not genes or something inherently wrong or inferior about the Black body. The something is racism.'.

... gripping, incisive.

Villarosa combines important studies on facets of Black health with historical facts and personal experiences...to prove the extent to which multiple levels of institutionalized racism impact the well-being of Black Americans. She even calls out her own previous misapprehensions of the topic, aiming to demonstrate the ease of underestimating this issue’s pervasive effects.

A stunning look at the racial disparities in health outcomes for Black and white Americans.

A damning account.