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Disparities in Who's Getting Good Sleep for Black, Other Minority Communities
everydayhealth.com ^ | 8/17/2022 | Sari Harrar

Posted on 08/20/2022 7:19:34 PM PDT by Notthemomma

[EXCERPT] Sleep problems are common among Americans, but a growing body of research reveals glaring racial and ethnic disparities in sleep quality and quantity that have major health consequences.

Compared with white Americans, people who are African American or Black, Hispanic or Latinx, American Indian, Native Alaskan, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander are more likely to have trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, and getting deep, restorative sleep. These groups are also more likely to have sleep disorders such as insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea, yet are less likely to receive a doctor’s diagnosis and get treatment for these problems, researchers have found. (We’ll dive into the numbers below.)

The result isn’t just feeling tired during the day. Studies, including a review published in 2019 the journal Nature and Science of Sleep, link slumber inequities with higher risk for chronic, life-threatening health conditions that racial and ethnic minority groups develop at higher rates than white people. These include type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, depression, anxiety, and even an early death.

And research points to systemic racism as the major, underlying cause. [END EXCERPT]

https://www.everydayhealth.com/sleep/sleep-health-disparities-among-bipoc-communities/

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: racism; sleep
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To: Notthemomma

another excuse for acting like wild animals?


21 posted on 08/20/2022 7:45:41 PM PDT by changeitback440
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To: Notthemomma

They had has much choice being born with their skin as I did with mine

Only racists seem to be hung up about it and need to get a life


22 posted on 08/20/2022 7:47:13 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: Notthemomma

So.... The next major legislative push will be equity in sleeping. Sleep More Better (modeled after Build Back Better) will involve hiring 2 x 87,000 (the new IRS hires) to monitor and WAKE UP any honky sleeping beyond his allotment. To Each According to Their Sleep Number, Wake Each According to Their Sleep Allotment. Any and all afternoon nap minutes will be deducted from their overall nighttime total. Repeat offenders will be placed on the Tear Down This Wall squad (dismantling Trump’s southern border wall) and not allowed to sleep until the wall is destroyed.


23 posted on 08/20/2022 7:52:56 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: Notthemomma

Invariably the reports of urban crime/murders include the time of the crime...”Shaniqua and Latrina were standing on the sidewalk at 3am when they were shot in a drive-by.”

Maybe don’t be out and about at 3am and you’ll get some sleep.


24 posted on 08/20/2022 8:04:56 PM PDT by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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To: Notthemomma
It's hard to get a full eight hours sleep when you always have a Midnight Basketball game in the offing.

25 posted on 08/20/2022 8:08:25 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Notthemomma

Sounds more like systemic stupidity. Obama and Biden voter for sure. Probably thinks Kamala Harris is fantastic. If academia had any integrity left they would throw this moron out on the street.


26 posted on 08/20/2022 8:23:12 PM PDT by Kangarew
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To: Kangarew

No problem, for “restorative justice”, we’ll just have all the crackers wear earpieces that randomly blare loud noises into our ears, just like in Harrison Bergeron.


27 posted on 08/20/2022 8:30:33 PM PDT by quikstrike98
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To: Paladin2
Give them all EVs.

Give them all some Xanax.

28 posted on 08/20/2022 8:33:40 PM PDT by Schatze (It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.)
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To: Notthemomma

Everything else is racists,why not a good Sleep.


29 posted on 08/20/2022 8:33:44 PM PDT by sport
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To: Notthemomma

Read it for yourself, it’s basically an editorial review of several “studies” blaming poor sleep in non-whites mainly on “system racism’s .
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This reminds me of the recent NIH “study” which declared that FIFTY PERCENT of American black women are OBESE due to the “stress of racism.”

........Words fail me.........


30 posted on 08/20/2022 8:45:25 PM PDT by RooRoobird20
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To: Notthemomma

If that’s the case, I am going to sign off now to try to be a racist.


31 posted on 08/20/2022 9:20:03 PM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

yup


32 posted on 08/20/2022 9:23:37 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Notthemomma

Everything is racist

So now nothing is racist


33 posted on 08/20/2022 9:43:48 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: NorthMountain
I’m tired of race-bigots lying to me.

I am, too.

I paid my dues long ago. I have suffered for decades now and do not owe race-bigots anything.

I believe in equal rights and equal treatment under the law for all, of all races. That makes me a radical but I no longer care.

34 posted on 08/20/2022 10:27:43 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: NorthMountain; Notthemomma

Only one solution - separation of the races. Let each control their own destiny so they don’t have to put up with evil whites.


35 posted on 08/20/2022 11:08:46 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Notthemomma

Maybe those who are making charges of racism are Marxists—or at least, useful idiots.


36 posted on 08/20/2022 11:42:55 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: dkGba

But, but, I dream in Black and white. Now is that racist too?


37 posted on 08/21/2022 2:06:36 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: Notthemomma

Let me sleep on it.
I’ll give you an answer in the morning.


38 posted on 08/21/2022 2:16:22 AM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: ClearCase_guy

Many chuckles for that comment ... and so true!


39 posted on 08/21/2022 3:23:08 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Slo-Joe and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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To: Notthemomma

Yawn....A good night sleep is racist. What ISN’T racist, fools?


40 posted on 08/21/2022 5:04:44 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Defund the FBI, the American Stasi..)
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