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Dr. Sherman James has made the case for decades that #RacismIsAPublicHealthCrisis. Listen to his story on the #podcast Social Distance @TheAtlantic. #epitwitter theatlantic.com/health/archive… 1/n 
Epidemiologist Dr. James tells his story about how he got started in public health trying to understand why racial differences existed for so many health outcomes, to the great detriment of the black population. sanford.duke.edu/people/faculty… 2/n
In his research, he made a point to interview African American men with elevated blood pressure and learn their stories, which led to his coining of the concept of “John Henryism.” 3/n
