Perspective: John Singleton’s art, and his life, are all too familiar to black men
By Terry Neal freelance writer May 3 at 12:15 AM About US is an initiative by The Washington Post to explore issues of identity in the United States. Sign up for the newsletter.
In an NBC.com article posted this week under the title “John Singleton’s family urges black men to get their blood pressure checked,” physician Shamard Charles wrote about the disproportionate dangers of hypertension for African American men. What is crazy is I did not feel bad that day I got the news from my specialist. That is why high blood pressure is known as the “silent killer.”
Some of the study’s conclusions about higher genetic vulnerability, and lack of access to insurance and high-quality health care, are not surprising. But some were fascinating and worth greater conversation, including the impact of perceived racism. Literally the day after my diagnosis, news hit that rising hip-hop artist and entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle, who had rapped powerfully about personal and community empowerment, was killed in a hail of gunfire in South Central, allegedly at the hands of some reprobate whom Nipsey had called a “snitch.”
Part of that has to do with violence. And part has to do with hypertension and other chronic diseases.
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