Under Our Skin: How racism leaves an unmistakable mark on Black Americans [centerforhealthjournalism.org]
By Isaac Bailey, Center for Health Journalism, October 5, 2020 I’m only now coming to grips with what it has meant to my soul – and my body – to have been born Black in the Deep South in the shadow of Jim Crow and raise my kids during the era of Donald Trump. I’m one of the fortunate ones because I’ve survived to tell my own story and lived long enough to see science begin to answer questions that have long lingered in my brain. In this excerpt from “Why We Didn’t Riot: A Black Man in...