# How racism makes us sick

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDMED 2016
- Speaker: David R. Williams
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/david_r_williams_how_racism_makes_us_sick)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Why does race matter so profoundly for health? David R. Williams developed a scale to measure the impact of discrimination on well-being, going beyond traditional measures like income and education to reveal how factors like implicit bias, residential segregation and negative stereotypes create and sustain inequality. In this eye-opening talk, Williams presents evidence for how racism is producing a rigged system -- and offers hopeful examples of programs across the US that are working to dismantle discrimination.

## Lectures

1. [How racism makes us sick](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/david_r_williams_how_racism_makes_us_sick/8b418c4a3e41), 18 min (TED's player)