wow a MUST read for everyone!! it’s time to decolonize medicine!!

a very well researched book about how colonialism currently impacts the lives of BIPOC, through the lens of various body systems, both literally and metaphorically.

big takeaways are:
- our bodies are chronically inflamed due to stress, and for many people of color this is exacerbated due to generational trauma
- chemicals + free radicals found in toxic metals multiply within the body of those who grew up near toxic rivers and bodies of land, most of those affected are poor people of color and thus they are more susceptible to a whole slew of diseases ranging from cancer to IBS
- those who have larger amounts of debt have more chronic stress, leaving the body is constant fight or flight mode + raising inflammation levels
- dermatologists are not taught how to diagnose skin conditions on Black bodies, forcing dermatologists to do unnecessary biopsies on Black folks for conditions easily diagnosed in white people such as Psoriasis

and SO MUCH MORE this is just what i remember off the top of my head!!! you go read it now!