In collaboration with LurieChildrens , young researchers with the racial justice organization Communities United conducted a study focused on the mental health and well-being of Black and Brown young men in Chicago. BlackVoicesWTTW
Young men of color see a deep connection between systemic inequities and mental health, often internalizing the blame.
“We come across challenges every day, and life itself is hard on a lot of young men in general, but mostly young men of color,” said Jermal Rey, 17, one of the youth researchers. “In order to transform systems we must ensure that the voices and perspectives of young people is central to the conversation.
“Just coming in to a West Side area is often basically known as trouble or violence, and that’s the trauma that is implemented in those communities, so the trauma is being around the violence so much, and also that it’s normal to know that someone is being shot or someone is being killed, and making that normal is basically something that we do not want to continue to have in our communities.,” Walker said.
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