Black Women Express Worries About Health Care, Racism in National Survey

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May 29, 2012

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A countrywide survey of black women finally lets sistas speak for themselves, and the results are varied. Findings showed many African-American women consider focusing on their careers and living a healthy lifestyle as very important, while nearly half said that they worried about being discriminated against, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation study reported by the Washington Post.

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