blackraincloud:

I’d like to stress that being constantly alert like that?  It’s not superhuman spidey senses.  It’s the cumulation of traumatic stress from racism.   It is higher blood pressure, higher cortisol levels, higher susceptibility to contracting illness, and, overall, a lower quality of life and health.  This is what it looks like to always be prepared to die because you were born Black in a place. 

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ALSO!

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