Being black is not only dangerous, it's distracting
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Claims that chronic, everyday stress in Black communities — concentrated poverty, lower household income and NET worths, mass incarceration and policing — measurably impair childhood development and executive function, producing ADD/intentional/ self‑regulation problems; cites a dramatic incarceration spike after 1971’s war on drugs and over 100 unarmed Black people killed in 2015 with almost no convictions. Offers concrete remedies: local activism, voting for specific municipal candidates and policy change — vote local and support Nikita Oliver Kshama Sawant John Grant.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Mental health in Black community
- 1:31Mental health critical issue
- 2:56ADHD impact on development
- 7:31Systemic racism and mental health
- 10:00Racial violence statistics
- 12:33Stress and generational trauma
- 14:21Income inequality disparities
- 15:24Creating change
- 17:49Local activism and voting
- 19:13Call to action
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