We made a list of questions for the historical society relating to public health- they were mainly questions about things like factories, chemical spills, when and where different places had sewer service, etc.  We did not find too much about those questions, but we discovered something else.

Very frequently, one group takes power over another over some sort of excuse or pretext.
The Europeans stole food from the Virginia Native Americans.
The Native Americans retaliated in a massacre.
The Europeans vowed revenge, and were also glad to be able to attack and occupy prime land.

African Americans were considered suitable to enslave because they were theoretically not adherents to Christianity.  But when they converted, they were not freed.

Women were sometimes restricted in their activities because they had and took care of small children. This purported protection also served the purpose of limiting them.

We have thought of several things so far which seem to confer power. They are: wealth, sex, perceived race, connections and religion. Of course, assuming that the ones you have line up with what is valued in the group you participate in. We can think of several examples across cultures where these things in some combination confer power. We wonder if access to power could possibly affect life expectancy?

We ended our day by going to Westover Hills/Forest Hill, which has the longest life expectancy in the city of Richmond by census tract. After we ate, we canvassed several blocks and compared the number of trees to cars to houses to special buildings.

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