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Archive for the 'Race and Medicine' Category

10 Feb

Guest Post from Sistah Vegan Project’s creator Breeze Harper

From the Sistah Vegan site: Sistah Vegan Project is centered around the lives of black female vegans. Going beyond ‘just veganism,’ this project focuses on veganism as well as other holistic health practices…and intersections of race, class, religion, gender, sexual orientaion, able-bodiedness, etc.
Think black feminism meets whole foods veganism, meets eco-sustainable philosophy, meets anti-racist philosophy [...]

29 Nov

As the Music Plays

If I had posted this piece in its original form, it would have meant that I was tone deaf. It would have meant that I was so wrapped up in happy memories that I couldn’t face facts. This piece had been a straightforward narrative expressing how much I loved the dance music of the 80’s: [...]

20 Nov

Point of Interest: Latinos And African-Americans Live Longer With Alzheimer’s Disease

According to a study published November 14, 2007, in the online edition of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, Latinos and African Americans with Alzheimer’s disease live longer than white people who have the disease. Researchers do not know why this is the case, but the study’s author offered a few [...]

07 Jul

Faith in Color: Race, Death and Dying

Contributor Carole McDonnell’s short stories and essays appear online and in print, in speculative fiction, ethnic, and Christian publications. She lives in New York with her husband, two sons, and their pets. Wind Follower, published this month by Juno Books, is Carole’s first novel. Her voice adds plenty to our discussion, so I welcome Carole [...]