Racism affects children's mental health
It is customary for a Central African tribe to greet its neighbors in an unusual way. Instead of asking a more Western greeting like, "What's up?" or "How's it going?" the Masa people of Cameroon and Chad ask, "How are the children?" "Even if they don't have children, this is their greeting," explained Monroe County Community College President Kojo Quartey who was born in Ghana. "If the children are not doing well, you probably aren't doing that well either." During a time when the U.S. news cycle is inundated with images of civil unrest related to racial tensions and a global health ...