“The bottom line is clear: harboring racist feelings in a multicultural society causes daily stress; this kind of stress can lead to… — Jeremy A. Smith Copy Share Image
“These studies are about a lot more than foul calls and strikeouts. They’re about the nature of racism today: subtle, pervasive, persistent. And they… — Jeremy A. Smith Copy Share Image
“Research has linked such feelings of powerlessness to the kinds of health problems plaguing Bayview and many other communities around the world. This research… — Jeremy A. Smith Copy Share Image
“Harvard’s Ichiro Kawachi agrees. He identifies a range of social policies that would be vital to promoting greater socioeconomic equality—and hence, better health. “Make… — Jeremy A. Smith Copy Share Image
“It’s that simple: building friendships with people of other races seems to eliminate unhealthy stress responses, so that each new interaction can be greeted… — Jeremy A. Smith Copy Share Image
“The bottom line is clear: harboring racist feelings in a multicultural society causes daily stress; this kind of stress can lead to chronic problems… — Jeremy A. Smith Copy Share Image
“Both low socioeconomic status and racial discrimination tap into the same corrosive elements of psychosocial stress, namely lack of control and predictability, lack of… — Jeremy A. Smith Copy Share Image
“In a powerful demonstration of this, psychologist Lisa Blackwell and her colleagues showed seventh-grade students how the brain grows and makes new connections when… — Jeremy A. Smith Copy Share Image
