There is an old saying that “when white folks catch a cold, Black folks get pneumonia.” That saying speaks to a fundamental truth about the U.S.: Black people are positioned to catch hell because of historical and contemporary systemic forms of inequality. After the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, I recall the sense of alarm communicated by Black women. There was the painful recognition that…

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