Arline Geronimus has spent the last 40 years researching racial and class injustice in the US. Her first non-academic book is the culmination of a life’s groundbreaking work.

Assembl[es] insights from a nearly forty-year career researching the adverse health effects of racism and poverty. She recruits a range of sources.

A persuasive hypothesis, enlightening biopsychosocial study of health inequities fostered by racism and classism, and an urgent call for compassion and social justice..

In the hard-driving second part of the book, Geronimus provides suggestions to create a new path forward, creating action items for readers truly interested in doing something about 'racialized injustice and the weathering it causes.' A compelling contribution to the literature on the important issue of health care inequity..

Throughout, Geronimus uncovers and forcefully critiques harmful narratives in healthcare and social policy.