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Black maternal mortality: yet another injustice

Black maternal mortality is a profound ongoing health crisis rooted in medical racism, and specifically anti-Blackness. I am not quick to claim malpractice, as doctors are human beings and understandably make mistakes. However, precisely because all medical practitioners are human … Continue reading

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Glimmer of justice

Re: Derek Chauvin verdict / Justice for George Floyd There can be no true justice today for millions of Black Americans, past and present, who have suffered and been forced to overcome so much oppression and persecution. But I am … Continue reading

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Monsters among us

Why do some people see child abuse and child murder as acceptable in some way when police do it? And look for any way for it to be the child’s fault, and eagerly seek to justify that violence? If you … Continue reading

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Like Civil Rights Era racists, systemic racism is still alive, unpunished, and unbothered

Today is a somber anniversary. I’m sharing this post, of the several I’ve seen, because the accompanying photo shows Emmett as a beloved young man of potential greatness with his beautiful, proud and supportive mother Mamie — rather than the … Continue reading

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