Re:Asthma and the Civil Rights Movement
by weeksie on Thursday November 30, 2017 @02:05PM
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This part is clutch:
> Neighborhoods where African Americans lived – often restricted to due to segregation and redlining – were more exposed to both indoor and outdoor particles that triggered asthma symptoms.
My girlfriend used to be the director of special ed for two charter schools in The Bronx (Hunt's Point). The rates of asthma there are off the charts because it's where all the roads/freeways converge on their way into Manhattan. It's also the poorest congressional district in the US.
> Neighborhoods where African Americans lived – often restricted to due to segregation and redlining – were more exposed to both indoor and outdoor particles that triggered asthma symptoms.
My girlfriend used to be the director of special ed for two charter schools in The Bronx (Hunt's Point). The rates of asthma there are off the charts because it's where all the roads/freeways converge on their way into Manhattan. It's also the poorest congressional district in the US.