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=====A brief history of racism in healthcare=====https://www.weforum.org/stories/2020/07/medical-racism-history-covid-19/ by Harry Kretchmer 23/7/20 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM] | =====A brief history of racism in healthcare=====https://www.weforum.org/stories/2020/07/medical-racism-history-covid-19/ by Harry Kretchmer 23/7/20 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM] | ||
These patterns are drawing attention to long-standing health inequalities faced by ethnic minority groups. From HIV/AIDS and cancer to prenatal care, and even amputations, research shows Black, indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) in America and elsewhere are more likely to be affected, and less likely to receive the right treatment. | These patterns are drawing attention to long-standing health inequalities faced by ethnic minority groups. From HIV/AIDS and cancer to prenatal care, and even amputations, research shows Black, indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) in America and elsewhere are more likely to be affected, and less likely to receive the right treatment. | ||
=====A Brief History Of How Racism Shaped Interstate Highways===== | |||
[https://www.npr.org/2021/04/07/984784455/a-brief-history-of-how-racism-shaped-interstate-highways by Noel King 7/4/21 npr] | |||
Planners of the interstate highway system, which began to take shape after the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, routed some highways directly, and sometimes purposefully, through Black and brown communities. In some instances, the government took homes by eminent domain. | |||
===== Solar Panels Give Edge to Tomatoes Grown Underneath ===== | ===== Solar Panels Give Edge to Tomatoes Grown Underneath ===== | ||
