The Dangers of Medical Racism and Our GOP Debate Recap

Our Body Politic

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News Commentary, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government, News

4.8 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Our Body Politic, host Farai Chideya, speaks with Linda Villarosa, journalist, author and educator about the dangers of medical racism. Then Farai speaks with Donald K. Sherman, Executive Vice-President of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, about section three of the 14th amendment to the Constitution and whether it can be used to hold former President Trump responsible for his actions leading up to the January 6th insurrection. We round out the show with Sabrina Rodriguez, National Politics Reporter for The Washington Post and Danielle Moodie, Political commentator, host of Woke AF Daily and Democracy-ish for our Sipping the Political Tea roundtable. They will help us unpack the recent GOP primary debate.

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1:37.8	This is Our Body Politics. I'm Farai Chodea. We have got a lot of politics to cover. The GOP presidential candidates are
1:46.0	fighting for attention, and some legal scholars are arguing to keep frontrunner Trump off the
1:50.9	2024 ballot, but we're kicking off this show by looking at another deeply political and personal
1:56.8	issue, our health. Data shows black Americans live sicker and die quicker than their white
2:02.2	counterparts, but why? That question is at the heart of Linda Villarosa's latest book
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