Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 14, 2023 6:00:46 GMT 12
Mike Butler: RACISM, MAORI HEALTH LINK ELUSIVE
Harrison, who has worked at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Bank for International Settlements, concluded that there was “very little robust empirical evidence that racism contributes materially to the gap in life expectancy”.
“The main drivers are different smoking and obesity rates. Other behavioural differences such as higher risk taking (such as higher alcohol consumption rates) may also contribute,” he wrote.
Having faced this objection for decades, the de-colonisers countered by saying that “this is a superficial understanding and that the differences are driven by more fundamental causes such as differential access to resources, which are in turn are the result of colonialism”.
Harrison responded to that by writing that “this claim is never substantiated, and on the limited data on the issue it appears that resources are not really the issue. The gaps primarily come back to behaviour”.
This could be all you need to read about Harrison, racism, and Maori health, but there is more......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/08/mike-butler-racism-maori-health-link.html
Harrison, who has worked at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Bank for International Settlements, concluded that there was “very little robust empirical evidence that racism contributes materially to the gap in life expectancy”.
“The main drivers are different smoking and obesity rates. Other behavioural differences such as higher risk taking (such as higher alcohol consumption rates) may also contribute,” he wrote.
Having faced this objection for decades, the de-colonisers countered by saying that “this is a superficial understanding and that the differences are driven by more fundamental causes such as differential access to resources, which are in turn are the result of colonialism”.
Harrison responded to that by writing that “this claim is never substantiated, and on the limited data on the issue it appears that resources are not really the issue. The gaps primarily come back to behaviour”.
This could be all you need to read about Harrison, racism, and Maori health, but there is more......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/08/mike-butler-racism-maori-health-link.html