David R. Williams : How racism makes us sick

David R. Williams·TEDMED 2016

How racism makes us sick

Summary 

Racial discriminations create disparities of income, education, economy, health and etc. The reason is only black. And then, for the reason, black people are sometimes killed by even police. 

Racism is a factor, though, the speaker suggests that to dismantle discrimination, it’s important to research, document, and measure more detail racism. It needs to reach self-esteem and stress. 

Being unfairly fired, 

Being unfairly stopped by the police, 

Being treated with less courtesy than others, Receiving poorer service than others in restaurant or stores, 

Being afraid because of black, and etc. 

There’s discrimination in medical care. 

There’s institutional discrimination like residential segregation by race. 

Overreact, stereotype, and individual thoughts and institutional societies must create racial discrimination. “There is nothing so unfair as the equal treatment of unequal people”. 

This must be the current situation. 

The last words make me consider discrimination against not only black but women. 

“We must dissent. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the hatred and from the mistrust. We must dissent because America can do better because America has no choice but to do better”.

Said Thurgood Marshall who was an American lawyer who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was the Court's FIRST African-American justice. 

Words in this story 

rig / assemble and adjust, make (a sailing ship or boat) ready for sailing by providing it with sails and rigging

implicit bias / unconditional