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Racist Health Care Practices Kill Black Canadians
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
09 Apr 2019
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Racial bias leads to excess mortality among Afro-Canadians, as failure to diagnose and treat illnesses causes premature deaths among Blacks in the US, said award-winning journalist Eternity Martis.

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