Race, Class, Health

U.S. health progress is badly faltering because of racial, social, and economic disparities, according to many public-health specialists, both in the academy and in Washington, D.C. Proponents of this view typically favor major government interventions to reduce these disparities.

If the politically correct narrative truly reflected our modern-day realities, America’s “whites” would generally enjoy better health than our “people of color,” and more-affluent groups would always enjoy better health than more socioeconomically disadvantaged strata. But none of that happens to be true.