Tagged With "Racism"

In the previous blog post, I provided direct access to all the materials related to Part 2 of the American Public Health Association series on "The Impact of Racism on the Health and Well-Being of the Nation".    In this post,I am linking to...

Doctors and nurses at a hospital in Sacramento, California were uncomfortable interacting with a 17-year-old black youth who had suffered a gunshot wound and was paralyzed from the neck down. DeAngelo Mack “They didn’t want to tend to him, because they thought he was disrespectful,” said DeAngelo Mack, who has advocated on behalf of hundreds of black and brown youth who have been victims of violence. “My work was to explain to them, of course he’s frustrated. He’s a 17-year-old kid who will...