The Health Disparities of Systemic Racism
Source: Physicians Practice
Most, if not the whole world, have already experienced the horrific video capturing the death of George Floyd, the news of Rayshard Brooks, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless others. Add to this the number of riots, peaceful protests gone bad, questionable leadership from the federal government, and police brutality. Oh yes, this is all taking place in the context of a COVID-19 pandemic and now a recession.
Heavy energy, huh? Not sure what to think or feel, right?
I am right there with you. The past few weeks have been very tough and hard on me. A lot of feelings that are hard to express and articulate into words. First of all, the names above are unfortunately another line of good-hearted people of color who have lost their lives to systemic racism. This is nothing new, just another event of systemic oppression dating back 400 years in our country's history.