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in OpinionsLet’s Talk About Black Grief
By the time my dad had turned 50 years old, he’d already survived two heart attacks. He died at the age of 52 after suffering complications from pulmonary hypertension. I was 22 years old and on my way to social work school in New York. My journey with grief didn’t begin with my dad’s passing, […] More
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What Now Means: To Be A Black Millennial in a Global Pandemic
It feels as though our lives were like a game of musical chairs. Wherever you were when the pandemic turned the music off, you had to figure out how to settle into that space, even if there was not a chair for you. For me, the music was turned off as I was in a […] More
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When It’s Time to Cut the Cord on COVID-19 News
If you are like me (stuck inside….studying for most of the day…wondering when this is all going to come to an end), you more than likely find yourself tuning into the news more than you usually do. Pre-COVID19, The Skimm was enough for me in the morning or maybe a quick recap from the New […] More
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A Black Millennial’s Mental Health Guide to Social Distancing
Uncle Andrew Cuomo got on the TV the other day and told me that I might have to stay in the house for nine months because of the Coronavirus. Coronavirus. COVID-19. The Rona. Miss Rona. This virus goes by many names but she sure is turning the world upside down and inside out. So, let’s […] More
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How to Efficiently Search for a Therapist as a Black Millennial
We are going through a lot right now. Dare I say this is the most unique situation our community has ever been through? COVID-19 is killing our people. Cops are killing our people. We keep getting these well-intentioned (but also very emotionally charged) check-ins from people we haven’t heard from in months (maybe years?). And […] More
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COVID-19 Is Killing Our Black Doctors and They Can’t Be Easily Replaced
COVID-19 is killing our Black physicians. The chances of replacing them with another Black physician is very slim. So, where does that leave us? Time Magazine recently published a piece by Dr. Torian Easterling that opened my eyes wide. Like, wiiiiide open. Dr. Easterling is the deputy commissioner for the New York City Health Department’s Center of […] More
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Three Melanated Doctors to Follow During COVID 19
The COVID-19 crisis continues to keep the country at the edge of its seat. We are washing our hands, making Ankara print face masks, and some of us are making our first accounts on Tik Tok (shout out to the Savage challenge, the See A Shot, Send A Shot Challenge, The Push-Up Challenge, The Savage […] More
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How To Get Through This Quarantine As A Black Millennial
If you are like me, you thought this little quarantine thing was cute for the first week. You saw it as a mini-vacation from the small talk (introverts unite!), the commute, and endless meetings. But, then, you probably started to wonder when Miss Rona was going to take the hint that she was not welcome […] More
