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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Main Author: Currie, Elliott (Author)
Language:English
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Text in English.
Published: New York, New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
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Physical Description:276 pages ; 22 cm
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Neglected toll of violence on black America
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