Dr. Lacee Satcher Lecture for MSU Sociology 9-17-2021

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(Un)Just Deserts:

Race, Resource Scarcity, and Health

in the Urban South

Lacee A. Satcher

Assistant Professor

Boston College

12 p.m. Friday September 17, 2021

457 Berkey Hall

Department of Sociology

ABSTRACT:

With concepts like structural racism and social

determinants of health currently trending in both

academic and public discourse, examining the

nation’s resource “deserts”, their historical roots, and

their consequences for health is increasingly timely.

Drawing from an environmental justice framework,

the current study provides an ecological analysis of

the basis and consequences of spatial inequality across

urban neighborhoods of the American South. More

specifically, I examine access to resources like grocery

stores, parks, and pharmacies and the health effects of

multiple resource scarcity.

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