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Racial healing starts with honest conversations (opens the original)
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As a child, Jacinay Coleman-Shelton struggled to understand her racial identity, but her curiosity often led her to ask outspoken questions when racial issues arose. Shelton, of both Black and Hispanic heritage, found navigating discussions about race especially complicated. “Having a space to talk to your family first about race is really important,” the 22-year-old says. “I was always taught that being Black is beautiful.” That early messaging became a foundation — one that helped her affirm w
Racial Healing finds new voice in community poets (opens the original)
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A short, rhyming kindergarten verse that ended with a simple “I love you,” was Kelvin “KJ” Marshall’s first step into poetry. Fifteen years later, Marshall, now 22, understands how that same art form is something deeper: a way to grieve, process and heal — both personally and within the broader Black community. Now a community health worker from Newark, New Jersey, Marshall blends his work in the community with his love of poetry. His self-published book “Della’s Gospel,” written after the death
‘We Deserve Wellness. It Is Our Birthright.’ (opens the original)
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When Ashley McGirt-Adair was 9 years old, she began journaling to cope with depression and suicidal thoughts after her grandmother died. What she found instead of care was a white school counselor who didn’t understand what that loss meant for a grieving Black child. “She didn’t understand the role of grandmothers in Black families, so at a very young age I found myself having to educate a grown white woman on race relations in America,” McGirt-Adair says. “Even in my youth, I knew that wasn’t O
Where Black Students Find Racial Healing on Campus (opens the original)
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On many college campuses, Black students navigate racial stress without spaces designed to help them heal from it. So when those spaces do exist, Black students say they can be transformative. Black students make up about 13% of college enrollment in the United States, while Black faculty account for only about 7% of full-time professors, creating a significant gap between the number of Black students and faculty, according to the National Center of Education Statistics. For many Black students,
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