“There are more than 18 thousand “excess deaths” each year among black people because of heart disease, and stroke, compared with the number of deaths that would occur if their health was on par with that of whites”(Villarosa 4).
Linda Villarosa is the author of the book Under the Skin. Under the skin, the book talks about the racial inequality in the American healthcare system that has affected lots of black people and was used as an experiment. The book covers all the fundamentals of how lots of black people get mistreated due to their living conditions and judged based on their education level.
Due to the race and skin color difference, lots of souls are being lost every year due to the mistreatment of a doctor or the uneducated guess
