Black women most likely victims of London's Black Death – DW – 11/22/2023
The fact that Black women died at higher rates than other people in the plague indicates "premodern racism" — new study.
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The fact that Black women died at higher rates than other people in the plague indicates "premodern racism" — new study.
NEW RESEARCH carried out on human remains at the Museum of London has found that Black women of African descent were more likely to die of the medieval plague in London.
The fact that Black women died at higher rates than other people in the plague indicates "premodern racism" — new study.
FFS, BBC. Get a grip. It turns out that structural racism and sexism were major influences on the death toll of the Black Plague in London, according to an article in the BBC....
Bioarchaeologists studied three plague burial sites to research how racism influenced risk of death.