I was sent a link to an article with an interesting message to consider. Barbara Page-Gould, the author, points out in her piece titled, “Warning: Racism is bad for your health,” that the targets of racism aren’t the only ones harmed by prejudice and hate. The racists are injured too. They start to self-destruct from within through the harmful effect their negative thinking produces on their body, she concludes from her research.

Page-Gould summarizes,

“The bottom line is clear: Harboring racist feelings in a multicultural society causes daily stress; this kind of stress can lead to chronic problems like cancer, hypertension, and Type II diabetes.”

If you read the article, you might want to skim some of the more technical paragraphs to catch the overall message.