Dying of Whiteness

A physician reveals how right wing backlash policies have mortal consequences even for the white voters they promise to helpNamed one of the most anticipated books of 2019 by Esquire and theBoston GlobeIn the era of Donald Trump, many lower and middle class white Americans are drawn to politicians who pledge to make their lives great again But as Dying of Whiteness shows, the policies that result actually place white Americans at ever greater risk of sickness and death.Physician Jonathan M Metzl s quest to understand the health implications of backlash governance leads him across America s heartlandInterviewing a range of everyday Americans, he examines how racial resentment has fueled progun laws in Missouri, resistance to the Affordable Care Act in Tennessee, and cuts to schools and social services in Kansas And he shows these policies costs increasing deaths by gun suicide, falling life expectancies, and rising dropout rates White Americans, Metzl argues, must reject the racial hierarchies that promise to aid them but in fact lead our nation to demise. Read Dying of Whiteness – kino-fada.fr Midway through this bleak book, I wanted to just laugh I believe every word of his research which he backs up quite well some people would rather collect the wages of whiteness even at the cost of their own life This is the research answer to Dubois observation years ago about the wag...I ve read over and over about how socialism is not popular in the US because working class Americans identifywith the idea of obtainable wealth than the idea of living in poverty, which they see is embodied by a degenerate other This book really drives it home, when we example after example of poor white men dying young due to lack of access to healthcare who still decry the ACA as they identifywith rich white Republicans who tell them its liberals stealing from them to give to PO I ve read over and over about how socialism is not popular in the US because working class Americans identifywith the idea of obtainable wealth than the idea of living in poverty, which they see is embodied by a degenerate other This book really drives it home, when we example after example of poor white men dying you...Why are we doing this to ourselves Why do we continue to elect politicians who enact policies that make us poorer, sicker, less safe, and less educated Although the book gives much attention to the fact that many people do this out of a misguided sense of rights and privileges, I still find it incredible that we have such a sense of wanting to be top dog that we elect people who are so vengeful toward those in the lower income groups I also found it quite depressing that even when confronted Why are we doing this to ourselves Why do we continue to elect politicians who enact policies that make us poorer, sicker, less safe, and less educated Although the book gives much attention to the fact that many people do this out of a misguided sense of rights and privileges, I still find it incredible that we have such a sense of wanting to be top dog that we elect people who are so vengeful toward those in the lower i...This is a must read Metzl examines the implications of loose gun control laws, delaying expansion of federal medical programs, and reducing public school funding and how it hurts those white people who support it Lots of interesting research, and he walks yo...You can t hold a man down without staying down with him Booker T Washington I loved this book It takes a complicated issue like the decline of white power in America and throws tons of data at it in thee crystal clear sections As a resident of Missouri, I could identify with all three sections that I ve seen happen all around me The first section covers the issue of gun laws and the state of Missouri Using brutal statistics, the author shows how white identity and survival has become para You can t hold a man down without staying down with him Booker T Washington I loved this book It takes a complicated issue like the decline of white power in America and throws tons of data at it in thee crystal clear sections As a resident of Missouri, I could identify with all three sections that I ve seen happen all around me The first section covers the issue of gun laws and the state of Missouri Using brutal statistics, the author shows how white identity and survival has become paramount in the gun debate, with Missouri on ground zero I was not aware that Missouri had gun registration laws before 2007, but Metzl goes into detail on how the state has changed since the laws were loosened up Gun violence has risen, with a devastating impact on rural whites via an increased suicide rate To add contrast, the author compares Missouri and its looser laws with Connecticut and its t...So I think the idea for this book is really important, and the author has hit upon a key dynamic at work in our country right now The reason the book gets two stars is I believe the execution fell short Some of the writing, especially in the gun reform section, needed significant editing for clarity And I would have likedsignificant explanations of any statistical significance in the tables explaining dropout rate changes in Kansas I would have liked stronger citation support overall f So I think the idea for this book is really important, and the author has hit upon a key dynamic at work in our country right now The reason the book gets two stars is I believe the execution fell short Some of the writing, especially in the gun reform section, needed significant editing for clarity And I would have likedsignificant explanations of any statistical significance in the tables explaining dropout rate changes in Kansas I would have liked stronger citation support overall for some of the author s conclusions More important than any of these other points I was hoping this would be a book I could share with my family members and friends who are frankly, the subject of this book However, I felt the author s language at times was very unintentionally condescending and would immediately destroy any chance at reaching them I read Strangers in Their Own Land and felt that author did a much better job...Important BookMetzl writes about Whites, mostly males who choose to vote for laws and elected officials who literally kill them rather than be put on the same pedestal as Welfare Queens, African Americans, and Latinos He covers Missouri for gun laws, Tennessee for healthcare and Kansas for gov...This is essential reading for anyone who is trying to understand why people vote the way they do He has the numbers the effects of conservative ideological policies on the people who vote for them Racism is the original and enduring sin of this country And it s killing all of us.I thought this was very helpful in attempting to understand why lower income whites vote for people like Trump who create policies that hurt these very voters Using the lenses of gun laws in Missouri, education funding in Kansas, and health care policies in Tennessee, Metzl shares interviews with voters who explain their reasoning along with statistics about how policy changes affected health outcomes It s sobering to realize working class white Americans will put their own bodies on the li I thought this was very helpful in attempting to understand why lower income whites vote for people like Trump who create policies that hurt these very voters Using the lenses of gun laws in Missouri, education funding in Kansas, and health care policies in Tennessee, Metzl shares interviews with voters who explain their reasoning along w...Whenever I read anything, I keep post its nearby there might be a statement or passage here and there that I ll want to think about or reference later Usually, by the end of a reading, I ll have placed a handful of post its throughout a book But my copy of Dying of Whiteness now has about 50 post its inside It s really good and important stuff here One could even say urgent Dr Metzl it appears took on the research for this project just before The Thing in the White House became Whenever I read anything, I keep post its nearby there might be a statement or passage here and there that I ll want to think about or reference later Usually, by the end of a reading, I ll have placed a handful of post its throughout a book But my copy of Dying of Whiteness now has about 50 post its inside It s really good and important stuff here One could even say urgent Dr Metzl it appears took on the research for this project just before The Thing in the White House became POTUS, almost as if anticipating that a Republican ahem administration seemed inevitable Had that turned out to not be the case, perhaps this book wouldn t now exist However, that did happen, and we re stuck with the consequences are we ever and the good doctor s book published last month offers up remarkable insight and hard facts to absorb as we muddle th...This is a hard book to review I didn t know all of the anecdotal evidence, but I have a pretty decent amount of information on how things like one s views on guns or healthcare in the US correspond to racial views I have seen it up close and personal, and I have never believed that we just have one problem completely unrelated to another, so much of this book like so many others in the last few years, wasevidence on what I already have seen evidence and research on However, it may be This is a hard book to review I didn t know all of the anecdotal evidence, but I have a pretty decent amount of information on how things like one s views on guns or healthcare in the US correspond to racial views I have seen it up close and personal, and I have never believed that we just have one problem completely unrelated to another, so much of this book like so many others in the last few years, wasevidence on what I already have seen evidence and research on However, it may be able to help some people understand how insane it is to, for instance, refuse to vote for healthcare when you are suffering from a serious disease just so someone from another country or of another race can t have that same healthcare Honestly, though, if I believed evidence and research would change these minds, I would feel faroptimistic.So, if you or someone you know is looking for a basic primer on how tr...

• English
• 17 December 2018
Jonathan M. Metzl
• Hardcover
• 341 pages
• 1541644980
• Jonathan M. Metzl
• Dying of Whiteness