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The added stress of racial bias part two

As 17-year-old Erik Brown walks home from school, he sometimes worries people don’t look past his skin color
As 17-year-old Erik Brown walks home from school, he sometimes worries people don’t look past his skin color

The Be Well health team explored the role chronic stress may play in health disparities in minority groups, through the eyes of a local African American family

In the continuing series “Derailed by Stress”  Marlene Harris-Taylor reports on how the oldest son in this family has had to navigate the stress of increased scrutiny by police as he matured from an adolescent into a teenager.

Marlene Harris-Taylor
Marlene is the director of engaged journalism at Ideastream Public Media.