@article{ref1,
title="Moving on up? Neighborhood status and racism-related distress among Black Americans",
journal="Social forces",
year="2022",
author="DeAngelis, Reed T.",
volume="100",
number="4",
pages="1503-1532",
abstract="At all levels of socioeconomic status, Black Americans can expect to live shorter and sicker lives than their White counterparts. This study advances the perspective that anti-Black stigma from Whites precludes Blacks from reaping the full health rewards of higher status, particularly within the context of neighborhoods. To test this hypothesis, I merge census data with rich survey and biomarker data from the Nashville Stress and Health Study, a representative sample of Black and White adults from Davidson County, Tennessee (n = 1,252). Initially, I find that Blacks who reside in higher-status and mostly White communities exhibit lower levels of neuroendocrine stress hormones, relative to their peers living in disadvantaged Black neighborhoods. But Blacks in higher-status areas also report more perceived discrimination. In turn, perceived discrimination is associated with chronic bodily pain, as well as elevated stress hormones and blood pressure tied to high goal-striving stress, or fears of being blocked from reaching life goals. After accounting for racism-related stressors, Blacks exhibit comparable levels of physiological distress regardless of neighborhood context. The inverse is true for Whites, who report fewer stressors in higher-status neighborhoods, and less physiological distress than Blacks overall. <br><br>FINDINGS are discussed within the context of social evolutionary theories of the human brain and are dovetailed with broader racial health disparities in the United States.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0037-7732",
doi="10.1093/sf/soab075",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sf/soab075"
}