NYC Black Residents Die From Heat Stress At Double The Rate Of White Residents, Report Says
NYC Black Residents Die From Heat Stress At Double The Rate Of White Residents, Report Says
Higher rate of obesity?
And higher rate of poverty means worse living conditions and having to keep the AC set to a higher temp if on at all.
I'd say centuries of institutional racism might have a little more to do with it.
But that racism is what has led over time to higher rates of obesity.
Well now we're doing a chicken-or-egg thing, but the obesity is far from the sole reason. However most of the reasons can be traced back to institutional racism.