By Ebony Flake ·Updated March 8, 2024
Racism is bad for health — the chronic stress weakens heart valves, elevates blood pressure, and erodes mental well-being. Science affirms it, but those it impacts don’t need data to validate their lived experiences.
Black and brown women, for whom the oppressive effects of racism are compounded by gender, often find themselves navigating workplace discrimination and microaggressions on their own. Dr. Alfiee M. Breland-Noble, a pioneering
