1.0 link 233963 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-jones/health-care-still-unequal_b_233963.html Growing up in Crown Heights Brooklyn in the 1950's and '60's had its advantages. In an overwhelmingly African-American neighborhood, as an adolescent, I was largely insulated from the virulent racism that characterized much of New York City during that period. This was a time that restricted covenants against blacks buying or renting in certain neighborhoods were routine (Starrett City being only one example), and to cross boundaries to certain neighborhoods could lead to beatings and worse. It was a time...

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