Dying Black Topics

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Over 40 states in America have reported disproportionate deaths of non white persons'.   https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/30/865413079/what-do-coronavirus-racial-disparities-look-like-state-by-state

Close to 90% of all Black homicide victims are killed with guns.

 https://vpc.org/revealing-the-impacts-of-gun-violence/black-homicide-victimization/ 

Poverty, drugs and violence are my brothers sins. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1YUiTRREF0 

 Young and phenomenal, they died before their time. Please remember them, listen to their music and you can hear the whispers of "something is not right."  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75GPsmB58sA&list=PLwnZ07zumjbbYQL1nVGURiSsNZRb4tAdw 

  Black women are 2.5 times more likely to be murdered by men than white women and 92% of these Black women are being murdered by Black Men. Domestic Violence is the #1 health issue faced by Black women.

 https://www.blackburncenter.org/post/2020/02/26/black-women-domestic-violence 

The crisis among black children aged 10 to 19 in the year 2020, speaks to the 73% increase in suicide attempts among both sexes in this vulnerable population.

 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/suicide-rate-rising-fast-black-youth-report-finds-n1103956 

Cinematic depictions of black people have reinforced racial imagery that continues to perpetuate institutional stereotypes.

 https://www.dw.com/en/hollywood-movies-stereotypes-prejudice-data-analysis/a-47561660 

 http://www.blackhorrormovies.com/blackdeath/

African Americans represent 13% of America's population and account for 40% of America's homeless population.

 https://www.usich.gov/tools-for-action/map/#fn[]=1400&fn[]=2800&fn[]=6200&fn[]=10000&fn[]=13200 

Nelson Mandela

 African Americans ages 18-49 are dying of many conditions typically found in white Americans at older ages.

 https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/aahealth/index.html 

As of 2017, Black women have almost doubled the number of black men in active military service in America.

 https://www.statista.com/statistics/214869/share-of-active-duty-enlisted-women-and-men-in-the-us-military/ 

There are over 800,000 law enforcement officers in the United States, of which only 12% are women. About 150 officers are killed in the line of duty each year.

 https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/