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'Weathering': What are the health effects of stress and discrimination?

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Black Lives Matter protests last year have made abundantly clear, it is this: Racism kills.But racism and racial discrimination do not just jeopardize people’s lives directly, through violent acts and hate crimes perpetrated by those who hold racist beliefs.Discrimination and marginalization can also slowly chip away at one’s health, causing those who are at the receiving end of discriminatory attitudes to age or even die prematurely.In health, this effect of premature biological aging and associated health risks as a result of being repeatedly exposed to social adversity and marginalization bears the name of weathering.In this feature, we explore the meaning and ramifications of this term by looking at the studies that solidified and.

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