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The fear of the adverse repercussions prevented some Black youth from seeking mental health services [1] and African American mothers specifically had concerns around cultural mistrust. [13] Black adolescents dealing with emotional distress were significantly more likely to be terrified of what a doctor might say compared to White adolescents ...
University of Florida Center for African Studies (CAS) is a center within of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) at the University of Florida (UF). The Center provides teaching and research into issues of African languages, humanities, social sciences, agriculture, business, engineering, education, fine arts, environmental studies, conservation, journalism, and law.
The predisposal of low wage jobs to communities of color impact the ability to access necessary health resources. Black communities' fear and distrust within health professionals has led to underlying health issues becoming untreated. When a person with these health issues comes into contact with COVID-19, it becomes a much more lethal situation.
Note, too, that DeSantis initiated the B.E.S.T. project in January 2019, long before the current controversy over African-American studies started and before the George Floyd riots forced issues ...
The largest and oldest civil rights organisation in the United States has issued a formal advisory warning travelers to Florida that the state is “openly hostile” towards Black people, people ...
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, African Americans were 16.6% of the population of Florida. [4] The African-American presence in the peninsula extends as far back as the early 18th century, when African-American slaves escaped from slavery in Georgia into the swamps of the peninsula.
Most of the members taking part in the working group developing new standards for teaching African American history in Florida reportedly didn’t agree to the parts of the controversial measure ...
According to the 2010 census, the racial distributions are as follows; 53.5% Non-Hispanic White, 25.6% of the population are Hispanic or Latino (of any race), 15.2% African American (includes Afro-Caribbeans), 4.5% Native American, 2.0% Asian and others Florida has one of the largest African-American populations in the country & has the second ...