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Chelsea Watego, Professor, Queensland University of Technology

Racism is a public health crisis – but Black death tolls aren't the answer

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Last month the British Medical Journal published an editorial calling for racism to be listed as a leading cause of death among Black people in the United States.

The authors argue reporting excess deaths by race and ethnicity will “galvanise action and promote accountability”. They write:

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