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By Jennifer Porter Gore | Word In Black Overview: Researchers have linked microaggressions to depression and anxiety as well as physical ailments like diabetes and heart disease. (WIB) - At the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago last month, former President Donald Trump insinuated that Vice President Kamala Harris, who is of Jamaican and […]

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