Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2005
ISSN
1551-8426
Publisher
DePaul University College of Law
Language
En-US
Abstract
The Tragedy of American health care is the stubborn persistence of disparities in Black health, one hundred and forty years after Emancipation, and more than four decades after the passage of Title VI. Formal legal equality has not translated into actual health equality. This Tragedy is deeper and older than mere legal forms; it has been supported by powerful social institutions, including some governments, charities, market participants, religions, ideologies, and cultures. Black health disparities interact with other vestiges of slavery such as disparities in wealth, education, employment and housing. They have permeated the American health experience. Efforts to eliminate Black health disparities will require something more transformative than Title VI. One possible remedial candidate is reparations for disparities in Black health.
Recommended Citation
Kevin Outterson,
Tragedy & Remedy: Reparations for Disparities in Black Health
,
in
9
DePaul Journal of Health Care Law
735
(2005).
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