The January 2019 edition of National Geographic states that “weathering” is “a concept developed by University of Michigan professor of public health Arline Geronimus that suggests the health of African Americans deteriorates earlier than that of whites because of the cumulative effects of racism and bias.” Tweet
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Surveillance Nation: Statistics
• More than 2.5 trillion images are shared or stored on the internet annually. • By 2020, it is estimated that 6.1 billion people will have phones with cameras. • In a single year, approximately 106 million new surveillance cameras are sold. • Worldwide, more than 3 million ATMs have cameras that watch its users. […]
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