Race Matters Shorts: Risk Factor, 70 Years of Blackness
Film(s) To Be Screened
Risk Factor
Risk Factor uncovers the impact of racism in healthcare in the United States, a country with Black infant and maternal mortality rates comparable to those of developing countries. Risk Factor chronicles the experiences of three Black women who’ve suffered an infant loss in Cleveland – a city that has experienced Black infant death at six times the rate of white infants.
70 Years of Blackness: The Untangling of Race & Adoption
Verda Byrd has been living her entire life as a black woman. Only until the age of 70 Verda made a shocking discovery. She was adopted and her biological parents were actually white. 70 Years of Blackness takes a look into Verda's story while examining the effects race played within the adoption industry.
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October 29, 2020, 4:37 pm EST
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