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Respectability politics are making black Americans sickPull up your pants. Straighten your hair. Stop using the n-word.
Updated July 21, 20223 min read
Pull up your pants. Straighten your hair. Stop using the n-word.
Editor’s note: Today it was announced that Kalief Browder, who was incarcerated without trial at Rikers Island in New York for three years, the story of which became the basis a of a New Yorker article, committed suicide. This article, on the effect of racism on mental health, is part of From Moment to Movement: Conversations on Race in America, a collaborative partnership between New America and Howard University.