Racial discrimination can lead to violence in young people

Researchers at Washington University have identified racial discrimination as a main stressor that increases the risk of violent behaviours in African Americans transitioning into young adulthood (ages 19-25).

“It’s important to note that racial discrimination serves as a lightning rod for violent interactions and must be eliminated from society at the structural level,” researchers state.

The researchers profiled 604 African American youths in a study that had been tracking the students from the ninth grade through to young adulthood.

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  1. Lynne Newington

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    As if we didn't know that already, and it wasn't singled at Africans transitioning into adulthood.
    Hitlers final solution was a culmination of historical racial discrimination drawn on The Good Book, with libraries still full of it and well read.
    St Jerome is a good example, who didn't have anything good to say about women either, apart from the wealthy ones he drew to his side to pay for his work.

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