Race-Based Diseases: A Summary

This course is a great opportunity to explore the impact of imperialism. From this course, I learnt that imperialism contributed to the growth of racial discrimination. On one hand, in order to maximize profit by establishing colonies in Africa and Asia, western countries claimed that colored people were inferior and should be subjected to the whites’ control. On the other hand, imperialism led to the occurrences of wars, which caused the whites’ prejudice that black soldiers could not regulate themselves without the direction of white officers. The article The African Roots of War by W.E.B. Du Bois and the article The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt can support my point of view.

Social Upheaval and Low Self Worth was another one of the major impacts of the European commercial activities on West Africa. As a result of the slave trade through raids and trade, there is no doubt concerning the social ills that plagued Western Africa. Many Africans were betrayed by their own political leaders

Wealth also plays a huge role on the mass incarceration of minorities. Many of the inmates since kids have lived a life full of poverty. In the article, “From a Tangle of Pathology To a Race-Fair America”, Alan Aja, a professor at Brooklyn College, mentions that “Prior to the Great Recession, white households had a median net worth of approximately $135,000 and black households a median net worth of little over $12,000” (Aja). Such drastic gap in wealth enables white people to hire the best lawyers to represent them while black people can barely afford their everyday lives. African Americans don’t count with the necessary money to hire quality lawyers who can represent them. Most of the times they turn for help to the public defense or in

European powers shamelessly exploited the people and resources of Africa in the 19th century. They often tried to justify their actions by using ideology, religion and moralism. After the end of the African slave trade, the development of steam power, and medical discovery, European nations started exploring not only the coast but also the unmapped interior of the continent. In this essay, I will explain the main driving forces behind African Imperialism. The Western europeans countries all competed for land and resources because of their self interest. They sought natural resources, and technology gave them the ability to exploit them. The philosophy of national pride however, was the primary reason. (Main document) (Doc C, D & B)

A reformation of the achievement levels of African-Americans starts through the investment of high achieving mentors, families, and friends. It begins with African-Americans straying away from statistical choices, such as placing improper value on education, community involvement, and health. The overcoming of such adversities involved with being an African-American woman has propelled my career goals. By striving to become a pharmacist and non-profit leader I am showing that the accomplishments of African-American women in health and leadership are not abnormal. One of the major causes of minority health disparities is the lack of minority health providers. As a healthcare provider, I will be better able to promote wellness in minority populations.

If everyone in the United States is treated equal, then why are Americans facing health disparities regarding to race? Race has always been an issue in this country. When it comes to the healthcare system, not all Americans receive the same outcomes or came services as others. Most Americans due to race receives unfair healthcare treatment because they’re not getting appropriate medical attention, they’re more likely to do die based on their illness, and if they’re uninsured they can’t receive any medical attention. This argument is going to be based on Americans who face these health disparities in the U.S regarding to mental health disorders, breast cancer, and the people who are uninsured.

Mann demonstrates to the reader the important role that slave trade had in developing the current United States. He explains that before the 1800s, the large majority of people who were crossing the Atlantic were in fact, African slaves. He claims, “Roughly speaking, for every European who came to the Americas, three Africans made the trip” (367). Mann also points out that slavery’s development was helped by the fact that many Africans are immune to malaria, which allowed them to successfully survive the outbreaks. This fact added plantations that were fielded by African slaves opposed to the plantations that didn’t use African slaves but local servants as the African slaves were not as likely to become sick from the diseases.

Throughout history, Africa has been a vulnerable player in the eyes of the rest of the world. From the slave trade to various civil right injustices that have taken place over in every century, we have studied in this class, we have been able to see the lasting impact on the continent as a ramification of certain events occurring. Using sources from the text, I will attempt to prove how the western world, exercised their power to capitalize on the African continent, in addition to the exploitation of the African people and land.

It is no coincidence that it is called poor health. What I mean is that the people who have it hardest in this country, those with the lowest incomes, have the worst health. It could just as easily be called minority health, rather than poor health, because the majority of the people living in poverty are racial or ethnic minorities. Many racial minorities in the US suffer from poor health, but not because they have worse genetics, rather from worse educational opportunities. This is a problem of all those in poverty, but since a disproportionate amount of those in poverty are minorities; I am focusing my paper on how to alleviate the educational disparities within the minority population. Studies have shown that education is the ticket

Racial and ethnic health disparities have been a topic on the rise as of late. According to Flores (2010), little attention has been shown to ethic and racial health disparities in children. For example, only 5 of 103 studies in the Institute of Medicine's extensive review any findings, studies, or literature address health disparities of racial or ethnic issues dealing with children (Flores, 2010). These disparities are and persistent, and happen across the many categories of health and health care. The objective of this study was to review as many off the published literatures on these racial and ethnic health disparities.

Epidemiology is the study of the relationships between disease and causation in human populations. It utilizes research and scientific methods to identify risk factors and approaches to decrease disease risk and to promote healthy habits. Community health nurses use this science to assess, diagnose, plan, and evaluate health improvement initiatives (Nies & McEwen, 2015-a). Ecosocial epidemiology is a newer, more complex approach as it focuses on the role of social, environmental, political and economic factors along with biological processes to understand health and illness (Nies & McEwan, 2015-b). In this post, I will discuss the rate of infant mortality among the African-American population in Franklin County and apply the ecosocial

Race-based health disparities are believed to exist because African Americans have poorer access to care, receive lower quality healthcare treatment, and have generally poorer health outcomes than whites. In addition, African Americans also receive poorer pain treatment.

Although there is no biological basis for race, various ethnic groups have unique health problems associated with them. For example, sickle cell in African Americans, or Indians and hypertension. When talking about genetic difference, we straddle a fine line. With its history in racism in eugenics, it’s important to understand that these genetic differences don’t necessarily have anything to do with. As explained by Eric Kraut (2007), sickle cell is not a ‘black’ disease. The genes for sickle cell are present in Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, African, and Indian DNA. Due the the regions in which certain ethnicities have lived, small and normally inconsequential genetic traits can get expressed as illness. That’s nothing new. Huntington 's disease that affects a lot of people of European ancestry, but as Stephanie Liou (2012) explores, Huntingtons is also prevalent in the Japanese. These types of genetic differences aren’t racial, certain ethnic groups just have higher chances of expressing certain genes. Overall our genetic makeups are still almost the same. Here is where the health disparity lies. Not viewing these genetic differences actively hurts the health of minority groups. We need to look at the effects of genetic differences in health diversity, this is so much more important any rhetoric we discuss about race, it’s not just hurting people’s socio-economic status. When we fail to accept genetic

Racism is a key factor that contributes to inequities and inequalities of health outcomes. The Williams Model contains the basic cause of racism and it helps make the connection between historical events and poor health outcomes for Pacific peoples. The Williams Model has five main components which entail both social and biological factors making it one of the most established and holistic health models. This essay will apply the example of the Pacific Dawn Raids to the Williams Model to explore how social determinants impact health outcomes of Pacific peoples in New Zealand.

In order to approach this essay question, my analysis will be divided into two parts. The first section will define what the scramble for Africa means. In the subsequent sections, I will refer to the case history of colonization of Africa by some European countries, the motives behind their actions and its consequences on Africa particularly.