Supporting Black Youth

These are four things mentors can do to support Black youth in the wake of Derek Chauvin's murder trial and Ma’Khia Bryant’s police killing.

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"Black women experience police brutality—yet they are often forgotten."

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"I could only name two Black superheroes off the top off my head."

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"People were quicker to shoot Black targets, relative to White targets with a gun."

Yara Mekawi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researcher