Black people

• act ii COWBOY CARTER arrives today following the successful release of two lead singles, "TEXAS HOLD 'EM" and "16 CARRIAGES" on February 11, Superbowl Sunday.
• COWBOY CARTER, executive produced by Beyoncé, is about genres, all of them, while deeply rooted in Country.
• On COWBOY CARTER the work of an artist who created on her own terms, in the absence of rules, persists boldly.
• The character, Cowboy Carter was birth from these experiences and inspired by the original Black cowboys of the American West.

• Anti-Black racism continues to be a major determinant of poor health and social outcomes for Black Canadians.
• Addressing this racism within Canadian institutions — like the health-care system, justice system, the child welfare system and education — has far-reaching implications.
• Moreover, in the early days of the pandemic, living in a Black community was strongly correlated with a diagnosis of COVID-19.

Contemporary and historical inequities

• Black Canadians’ experiences are rooted in contemporary and historical inequities, including Canada’s history of slavery and racial discrimination.
• Policy formulations still shape access to material resources and contribute to structural inequities in Canada, evident in the pervasive low incomes of Black Canadians.
• While median annual wages generally increase for the Canadian population, Black men’s wages have remained stagnant.

Black youth mental health

• Black youth spoke most about racism in our research on their mental health experiences.
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  Black men's mental health concerns are going unnoticed and unaddressed

  Income inequality and insufficient financial resources are complicating factors, impeding many young Black men from getting the counselling they need to improve their mental health.

• LGBTQIA+ Black youth may face dire situations, experiencing racism within the LGBTQIA+ community and homophobia within the Black community.

Addressing inequities

• Partnering with Black communities is a crucial component in effective efforts to mitigate inequities.
• Indeed, it is essential that Black community members participate, to capitalize on their strengths and actively engage in improving their well-being.
• Through my personal and professional experiences, I’ve had a unique glimpse into the brilliance and strengths of various Black communities, which are often untapped.
• Institutions must do more than just provide education and develop anti-racist policies; they must also ensure accountability in addressing racism.

Looking ahead

• However, anti-Black racism has consequences for population outcomes for all Canadians, as we saw during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• These moves will improve health and social outcomes for Black Canadians and generate stronger population outcomes in Canada.

Bukola Salami receives funding from Policywise for Children and Families for a project on mental health of Black youth named in this article

• The depth of that response will show just how deeply rooted American politics is, and has always been, in racial fears.
• The centrality of race to our politics is clear in the current presidential campaign.
• The most common campaign slogan is from the campaign of Donald Trump: “MAGA” – Make America Great Again.
• Former president Trump introduced MAGA as his campaign slogan when he began his presidential run in 2015.
• As the U.S. begins another presidential campaign in which Trump is likely to be the GOP nominee, here’s what we have found:

Racial resentment key

• White Americans’ racial resentment increased substantially during the Barack Obama presidency.
• The U.S. is not now “post racial,” free from racial prejudices or discrimination, nor has it ever been.
• White people are less likely than other racial groups to report that they have experienced negative responses from other people.
• And among Black adults, “those with self-reported darker skin tones are more likely to report discrimination experiences than those with lighter skin tones” – added evidence that observed racial differences affect the way people are treated.

Anxiety deepens resentment

• But racial resentment seems to deepen in times of anxiety, when many people seek a specific target for their fears rather than deal with a vaguer sense of dread.
• The U.S. has also faced social-demographic change at a speed that those with racial resentment may find threatening.
• These threats to the public’s health and to the image of the white American that so many traditionalists hold can encourage racial resentment.
• However understandable it may be, it’s hard to argue that racial resentment, or any other hatred rooted in immutable differences, benefits U.S. society.
• Some segments of society do benefit from racial resentment, of course, and they will resist losing it as a campaign tool to protect their privileged status.

Marjorie Hershey does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

• The BDO Black Community Trust Study uncovers how Black individuals think about trust and their health and identifies ways pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations can best partner with Black community members to meet their needs.
• The study also explores what pharma and healthcare companies can do to earn trust and improve the health of Black community members.
• "Trust is the foundation for health equity strategies, and reaching Blacks in a trustworthy manner, in places they trust, by people they trust must be the lens."
• "Awareness and collaboration are paramount to improve health and set up our legacy in good health."