re: How weathering affects Black people’s health

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Weathering is a term coined by researcher Arline Geronimus

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She didn’t coin the term weathering.

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“Essentially, it’s this idea that dealing with the chronic stress of everyday racism causes a wear and tear on our bodies that prematurely ages us,” she says. “That actually makes us as Black folks susceptible to developing chronic diseases like heart disease, like autoimmune diseases, and also like fibroids.”

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That’s not weathering. That’s delusion and not wanting to take responsibility for your own life. This is weathering….