User:Nashley12/History of tuberculosis

Racism And Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis was widely spread in the United States during the 1920's to the 1930's. In Los Angeles, California the ethnic group that was widely impacted by this disease during this time period was Mexicans. Tuberculosis was high in the Mexican community because of their living conditions, such as the size of their homes and family size, as well as their frontline job positions, which forced them to have direct contact with others majority of the time. Due to the their low income they reached out to the city of LA for help with medical support and income. Surfacing throughout the country, TB was also an issue within the African American communities in Virginia. In the article it speaks to the connection TB has with poverty, and race mentioning that they became "closely linked" as other racial groups became a less of a risk. The article also provides clear data about the deaths occurring in these racial groups making it clear that those who identify as "colored" have 3 times more deaths than than those who identify as white.