Why it's hard for blacks to pull themselves up by bootstraps when it comes to health
- Written by Shervin Assari, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health, University of Michigan
Students at Hampton University celebrate at graduation on May 9. 2010. Studies suggest, however, that the benefits African American students accrue from education will be fewer than those of whites.J. Scott Applewhite/APMany Americans deeply believe that people should pull themselves up by their bootstraps. After all, individual responsibility is...
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