![]() ![]() Mcmillian was an African American man involved in an interracial extramarital affair. One of the main stories regarding racial injustice was explained throughout the book and it was about a man named Walter Mcmillian. Some of the social determinants of health that I found in Just Mercy are race, poverty, education and gender. The author implies numerous social determinates of injustice and how they affect an individual’s health and well-being. “Social determinants of health are conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality of life outcomes and risks” (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2014). ![]() It was after I read this book that I learned the real brutality of imprisonment in the United States. Stevenson is the main character of the book it is about his journey from graduating Harvard Law School to being a civil rights fighter through his profession as a lawyer. The purpose of this reflection is to present the thoughts and analysis of the Just Mercy book by Bryan Stevenson (2014). Justice is not about taking revenge it is about equity. ![]()
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