Inequality in Healthcare in the US

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This paper discusses the unequal relationship between Blacks and Whites that exists in America today. The paper argues that African Americans are the victims of economic and social disadvantage and sometimes outright prejudice, which manifests partly in their struggle against unequal power relations and their fight for the healthcare that they deserve. The paper focuses on this inequality in healthcare.

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"The African-American family is struggling to survive, and the healthcare professionals that are charged with trying to save it, do little to help, and much that contributes to its decline. People in the lowest income households are six times as likely as others to have difficulty in meeting a basic need, while one-third of all African-American families versus only seventeen percent of Whites face these difficulties (Casper & King, 2004, p. 73). The social breakdown and economic disadvantage of African-American families is creating a healthcare epidemic that is scarcely challenged by current programs."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Casper, L. M., & King, R. B. (2004). 4 Changing Families, Shifting Economic Fortunes, and Meeting Basic Needs. In Work-Family Challenges for Low-Income Parents and Their Children, Crouter, A. C. & Booth, A. (Eds.) (pp. 55-78). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Copeland, V. C. (2005). African Americans: Disparities in Health Care Access and Utilization. Health and Social Work, 30(3), 265+.
• De Jong, G. (2005). Staying in Place: Black Migration, the Civil Rights Movement, and the War on Poverty in the Rural South. The Journal of African American History, 90(4), 387+.
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• Jewell, K. (2003). Survival of the African American Family: The Institutional Impact of U.S. Social Policy. Westport, CT: Praeger.

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