NYT Notable Books 2020 - Nonfiction

 

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1. A peculiar indifference: the neglected toll of violence on black America

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Author:
Currie, Elliott
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"In the United States today, a young black man has a sixteen times greater chance of dying from violence than his white counterpart. Violence takes more years of life from black men than cancer, stroke, and diabetes combined. Even black women are more affected by violence than white men, despite its usual gender patterns. These disparities translate into starkly divergent experiences of life and death for whites and blacks in the United States. Yet...