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Americans Can Now Expect to Live Three Years Less than Cubans (www.newsweek.com)
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[–] AntifaSuperWombat@hexbear.net 57 points 2 years ago (9 children)

There is a wide disparity between ethnic groups in the U.S. as well as gender. For example, an Asian woman is expected to live to 85.6, while for a Black man, the figure is 66.7 years.

Almost 20 fucking years! That’s beyond absurd, holy shit.

[–] ihaveibs@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 2 years ago

And the US lectures the world on human rights and admonishes countries for how they treat minority populations

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