Tag: Death rates among Midwestern and Southern whites
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Don’t Check Your Privilege — Some Thoughts on “White Despair”
by Lillie Sauer On my way to the recycling bin the other day, newspaper in hand, I spotted the headline of the front page ― “Whites in Ozarks dying at higher rates.” (1) Reading further and seeing phrases such as “despair epidemic” and “excess deaths” I couldn’t help but scoff. It’s not that I don’t…