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MelaninWhiteCoats Podcast

Welcome to MelaninWhiteCoats Podcast where we entertain and enlighten you on topics relating to society, medicine and culture. We explore the world of everything FOR US, BY US and REPRESENTED BY US. This podcast explores in what ways we can elevate ourselves as individuals and in our communities so that we can achieve universal liberation from the systems in place that attempt to restrict us. Tune in with us as we continuously challenge the status quo and emerge from the ashes as curator, innovators and creatives of the world we want to see and BE!

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  2. Episode 46- Quick Takes! Pick up the book, Put down the gun. Say No to gun violence

Feb 8, 2022

New Segment called quick takes where we will  discuss 15-20 minutes a topic which affects our community. 

Today the topic is gun violence which continues to devastate black men in America at an alarming rate. 

Did you know that black men ages 15-34 make up 2 % of the US population but are 37 percent of gun fatalities. 

In urban cities like Philadelphia, black men consists of 80 percent of gun fatalities

there has been a 14 percent increase in gun fatalities since 2019. 

What are some solutions to the violence? 

How can we mitgate such dispairites? 

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