A lifetime of racism makes Alzheimer’s more prevalent in Black Americans
Jessica Guthrie adjusts the glasses of her mother, Constance, after waking her up in the morning, in Fredericksburg, Va., on Sept. 20, 2022. Constance has lived 74 years, many of them good, as a Black woman, a mother, educator and businesswoman. But she will die of Alzheimer’s disease, a scourge of Black Americans that threatens to grow far worse in coming decades.
Wong Maye-E | AP
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