RACISM | PUBLIC HEALTH

How Hate Hurts

From microaggressions to physical attacks, racial discrimination takes a significant toll on the health of Black Americans

Karen DeGroot Carter
5 min readAug 19, 2020

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My 21-year-old daughter is a multiracial college student in Denver who recently spoke before the Denver City Council on the impact of police brutality and discrimination on…

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Karen DeGroot Carter

Bylines in Publishers Weekly, Literary Mama, others. One Sister’s Song (novel). Not Nearly Everything You Need to Know About Writing (ebook).