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COVID, police violence took an excessive toll on Black Americans' psyche. Can they heal?

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COVID-19 has taken a disproportionate physical toll on people of color — especially Black Americans, who are nearly three times as likely to be hospitalized and twice as likely to die from it than whites. Experts are now also warning of the longer-term mental health toll this last year has taken on those same communities and historical disparities it highlights. Stephanie Sy reports.

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U.S. & Canada
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Race Matters, mental health, black men
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