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Race Is Real, But It's Not Genetic - Coggle Diagram
Race Is Real, But It's Not Genetic
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Variation between any two individuals is very, very small.
The variation was seen to be on the order of a single nucleotide polymorphism. In other terms, only one letter change in the DNA per 1,000.
Any two individuals from Africa are more genetically dissimilar from each other in comparison to another individual from Europe or Asia.
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Black women are being refused bone density tests because of the notion that black women do not get osteoperosis
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FRAX, a calculator for an estimation of one's risk to an osteoporosis fracture includes race as a factor
Medical professionals assume there is a firm genetic basis behind their racial classifications however there is not.
Communities of color have reduced access to medical care, well-balanced diets, and healthy environments.
Studies show that communities of color experience higher levels of social stress and endemic racism that adversely affects health.
Children of African American Women are more than twice as likely to die before their first year of life than children of non Hispanic Euro- American women.
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