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Are Black Veterans Getting the Same Treatment as White Veterans?

A newly surfaced report obtained by NBC News found that Black veterans were more likely to get denied VA benefits for PTSD than their white counterparts.

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Jessica Washington

Published

March 17, 2023
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Federal Government Investigating Delayed Benefits For Black Veterans

The study will look for disparities associated with race in Black veterans receiving benefits

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Noah A. McGee

Published

December 6, 2021
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#GrievingWhileBlack: Family Demands Apology After West Memphis, Ark., Police Handcuff Grieving Mother

Far too often, police force black people to audition for their humanity. This is one of those times. According to writer and digital strategist Richard Brookshire, his family is owed an apology after a traumatic confrontation with the West Memphis Police Department that resulted in his sister being handcuffed. On Saturday, Brookshire’s four-year-old niece was…

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Jay Connor

Published

November 19, 2019
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The Man Behind the Viral Letter to His White Neighbors Speaks Out

On Thursday a Harlem-based resident, Richard Brookshire, 29, became an internet hero when he delivered the clapback to a pair of neighbors who complained that he was too loud in his own apartment. An excerpt: This letter serves a formal response to a note left by you expressing, in no uncertain terms, your intent to…

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The Root Staff

Published

October 7, 2016