‘Don’t Tell Me I’m Privileged!’
How Some White People Respond to a Certain Term BENTON HARBOR, Mich.—The term “white privilege” is cropping up a lot recently. Racial justice educator Debby Irving said the term, inexact though it is, comes closest in her line of work to describe the different lives...
Brave Talks Story: Liz Garey
In Retirement, She Has Experienced an ‘Epiphany’ about the Extent of Systemic Racism. Her Approach to Change? – the ‘Ripples’ Method ST. JOSEPH, Mich.—Now that she had more free time, Liz Garey wanted to put some of her energy into a cherished cause. She would work...
Lessons from a Black Man and a White Intruder
Gentry with kids from the youth group at First Presbyterian Church of Benton Harbor on a visit to the monument at Silver Beach in St. Joseph, Mich. Finally, I’d get the chance to know Gentry better. As one of the youth leaders of our church at the time, Gentry told...
Systemic Racism Adds Another Layer of Trauma for Many People; Therapist Calls it ‘A Public Health Crisis’
By TED HARTZELL BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – Tasha Turner is in a position to know a lot about the pain of stress and trauma. As a program director, Turner, a psychotherapist, directs trauma-informed initiatives for Lakeland Health, the health care system that serves...Healing the Trauma of Racism
In MI African-Americans are just fourteen percent of the state’s population they represent forty-one percent of its COVID-19 victims. https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-coronavirus-and-inequality-meet-in-detroit?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker&utm_social-type=earned via @NewYorker
Inequality Intensifies the Coronavirus Crisis in Detroit https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-coronavirus-and-inequality-meet-in-detroit?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker&utm_social-type=earned via @NewYorker
72% of deaths from coronavirus are among African Americans, even though African Americans make up 30% of the population says Mayor Lori Lightfoot https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/chicago-mayor-breathtaking-that-african-americans-are-dying-of-covid-19-at-higher-rates-81719365556
Making a mask can be easy. Keep yourself and your family safe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPx1yqvJgf4
Black communities hit hardest across the Michigan https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/black-communities-hit-harder-coronavirus-michigan-not-just-detroit -
