Quote of the Day - May 9, 2017 Zaneta Thayer '08

Racism may not be a disease, exactly. But a growing body of research finds that it has lasting physical and mental effects on its victims.

Physicist and social justice crusader Albert Einstein once referred to American racism as a "disease of white people." He was speaking metaphorically, but a host of research in recent years has shown that racism, like a disease, can harm the physical health of both its victims and its perpetrators. Now, the results of a national survey find that children who experience racism appear to be at higher risk of anxiety and depression, and tend to have poorer health in general.

Read the article in the Smithsonian.