No, Racism Isn’t Giving Black People Diabetes.

Amala Ekpunobi

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4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Congressman Jamal Bowman recently went on CNN and claimed that the reason black people are more susceptible to heart disease and diabetes is because of stress due to systemic racism. I’m not kidding, and he’s not the first prominent black person to make this claim. Let’s watch and debunk.

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0:58.0	the reason why i can't comment listen to what i'm saying the reason why i'm heart disease and cancer
1:03.6	and obesity and diabetes are bigger in the black community is because of the stress we carry
1:10.1	from having to deal with being called
1:11.8	the N-word directly or indirectly every day.
1:15.0	Woo!
1:15.6	That's an interesting one.
1:16.8	The white man gave us diabetes by calling us the N-word.
1:19.7	Let's talk about it.
1:24.7	Yeah, you better.
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