An expansive and methodologically varied literature designed to investigate racial disparities in health now exists. Empirical evidence points to an overlapping, complex web of social conditions that accelerate the pace of aging and erodes long-term health outcomes among people of color, especially Black Americans. However, a social exposure-or lack thereof-that is rarely mentioned is time use. The current paper was specifically designed to address this shortcoming. First, we draw on extant research to illustrate how and why time is a critical source of racial disparities in health. Second, we employ fundamental causes theory to explain the specific mechanisms through which the differential distribution of time across race is likely to give rise to unequal health outcomes. Finally, we introduce a novel conceptual framework that identifies and distinguishes between four distinct forms of time use likely to play an outsized role in contributing to racial disparities in health.

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时间问题：种族化时间和健康差异的产生。

现在存在大量旨在调查健康方面种族差异的广泛且方法多样的文献。经验证据表明，一个重叠且复杂的社会条件网络加速了有色人种（尤其是美国黑人）的老龄化速度并损害了长期健康结果。然而，很少被提及的一个社会暴露——或缺乏社会暴露——是时间的利用。当前的论文就是专门为了解决这个缺点而设计的。首先，我们利用现有研究来说明时间如何以及为何成为健康方面种族差异的关键根源。其次，我们采用基本原因理论来解释不同种族的时间分布差异可能导致不平等的健康结果的具体机制。最后，