Post by Summre Blakely on Sept 19, 2016 22:09:47 GMT
Hello everyone!
As I was watching the documentary, I was greatly saddened to see the disparities in infant mortality rates between African Americans and White Americans. The documentary establishes a possible cause for this to be due to chronic stress from racial discrimination. So, as I was thinking about it, I had some questions in my mind. What about other groups subject to discrimination in America? What about other types of discrimination besides racial? For instance, Muslim-Americans are often subject to religious discrimination. So, I started searching for data on Muslim-American infant mortality rates in the United States, however, I couldn't find any! I found a plethora of data on the CDC website, however it was categorized by race. While race might be an okay indicator of Muslim-American infant mortality rates, it is not specific enough to be able to see any significant relationships between the two. I did find a good amount of research that justified the claims that Muslim-Americans are discriminated against. I also found one study that displayed a significant relationship between religiously-discriminated against Muslim-Americans and subclinical paranoia, which I will link down below. Has anyone else had these thoughts? Let me know if you found anything pertinent to this discussion!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15564900600654351
As I was watching the documentary, I was greatly saddened to see the disparities in infant mortality rates between African Americans and White Americans. The documentary establishes a possible cause for this to be due to chronic stress from racial discrimination. So, as I was thinking about it, I had some questions in my mind. What about other groups subject to discrimination in America? What about other types of discrimination besides racial? For instance, Muslim-Americans are often subject to religious discrimination. So, I started searching for data on Muslim-American infant mortality rates in the United States, however, I couldn't find any! I found a plethora of data on the CDC website, however it was categorized by race. While race might be an okay indicator of Muslim-American infant mortality rates, it is not specific enough to be able to see any significant relationships between the two. I did find a good amount of research that justified the claims that Muslim-Americans are discriminated against. I also found one study that displayed a significant relationship between religiously-discriminated against Muslim-Americans and subclinical paranoia, which I will link down below. Has anyone else had these thoughts? Let me know if you found anything pertinent to this discussion!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15564900600654351