The problem partly comes down to where Black children live. Racist housing policies in the past mean it's more likely they live in places that cause asthma today.
Black children are more likely to live near polluting plants, and in rental housing with mold and other triggers, because of racist housing laws in the.
Asthma is treatable. But Black children often struggle to get treatment, and are more likely than white kids to end up in the emergency room with asthma symptoms.
Amid the balloons, cake and games at his best friend’s birthday party on a farm, 5-year-old Carter Manson clutched his small chest. “He just kept saying.