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The Black Myths Podcast

May 26, 2020

In part two of our myth Black Don' Crack: Black Women Die Because They Don’t Take Care of Themselves, we interview social worker Tynisha Collins. Collins lays out her traumatic experience with her pregnancy to shine a light on the issues black women experience under maternal care. Collins also lays out ways in which...


May 20, 2020

Black women make up 57 percent of maternal deaths in America despite being less than 10 percent of the US population. Overall, Black women suffer disproportionately from obesity, heart disease, blood pressure, and more issues related to the medical field. In this episode, we debunk the myth that these disparities are...


May 14, 2020

Myth: Police Killings are Modern Day Lynchings. Considering the climate in America today in relation to police violence we sit down with Dr. Rasul Mowatt, (Professor, American Studies, Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies at Indiana University) to discuss the importance of naming history in the past and present for...