Author : Clovis E. Semmes
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Racism, Health, and Post-Industrialism by : Clovis E. Semmes
Download or read book Racism, Health, and Post-Industrialism written by Clovis E. Semmes and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1996-02-28 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical, sociological, and ecological analyses reveal that the health of a people is broadly determined by the strength, resilience, and vitality of their culture. The destructive effects of oppression and exploitation on health linger and are difficult to transcend when systemic attacks on the institutional stability of a people persist. Normative cultural destabilization produces added and abnormal challenges to the health status of African Americans. The pursuit of health becomes both a goal and a tool of liberation. Better health builds and releases mental, physical, and spiritual energy that can be directed toward achieving empowerment and development. The process of self-consciously pursuing better health attacks the fundamental mechanisms of cultural exploitation and oppression by serving to dismantle colonial-like relationships of dependency.