Book Review: A peculiar indifference: The neglected toll of violence on Black America

Abstract

Currie helps us better understand issues facing many African American communities and is relentless regarding the research pointing to the historic marginalization, which has been created by American institutions as a form of social control. Currie points out the racial and economic roots of racial violence and disparities and connects the dots between the continual stress of violence, poor health, and disability as highlighted in community research. W.E.B. Du Bois provided the inspiration for the title of Currie's work by writing that there is notable avoidance about the need to address violence in the African American community (p.16). [Extracted from the article]