A peculiar indifference : the neglected toll of violence on black America / Elliott Currie.

"In the United States today, a young black man has a sixteen times greater chance of dying from violence than his white counterpart. Violence takes more years of life from black men than cancer, stroke, and diabetes combined. Even black women are more affected by violence than white men, despite its...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Currie, Elliott (Author)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Text in English.
Published: New York, New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
African Americans > Violence against > History > 21st century.
African Americans > Social conditions > 21st century.
African Americans > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Race discrimination > United States > History > 21st century.
Social justice > United States > History > 21st century.
United States > Race relations > History > 21st century.
HISTORY / United States / General.
African Americans > Economic conditions.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Race discrimination.
Race relations.
Social justice.
United States.
2000-2099
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:276 pages ; 22 cm
Variant Title:
Neglected toll of violence on black America
Format: Book

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