Author: Carma Henry

      Saturday’s massacre of ten people at a supermarket in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo is not an anomaly. The rhetoric and hate that informed the murderous rage of 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron is not an anomaly. Gendron is the product of generations of hate and fear. He is the product of a country that would prioritize civility and fake gestures on important days of reflection.  

     At least four elderly Black women and one former police officer are among the fatal victims in Saturday’s racist mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Their names and others who were slain in the shooting apparently motivated by white supremacist hatred were slowly being made public in the hours after the massacre at Tops Friendly Market located in a low-income Black community.

The groups at the National Mall and other locations included men, women and children who chanted, sang, and voiced their displeasure over the high court’s draft opinion, and abortion bans and restrictions that have cropped up in many Republican-led states.

Broward County Emergency Food Pantries

JENNINGS – Not Pictured Funeral services for the late Baby Girls Giinger Queen Jennings. SMITH Funeral services for the late Milton Jerome Smith, Sr. – 63…

BASCOMBE Funeral services for the Carl Augustus Bascombe -76 were held May 14th h at Community Church Of God BROWN Funeral services for the late Estriana…

SMITH Funeral services for the late Clinton Randolph Smith – 43 were held May 14th at The Church of God Christian Center with Rev. Mark Johnson

     Many of us may already be aware that when it comes to heart disease in the U.S., Black, African American, and Afro-Caribbean communities are disproportionately affected compared to other racial and ethnic groups.* But did you know about three to four percent of African Americans carry a mutation in the TTR gene (V122I) that makes it more likely that they may develop ATTR-CM; however, not all carriers develop the disease. ATTR-CM gets worse over time, which is why early diagnosis and management are so important.

Racial Hatred

     As Democrats held a sit-in at the Capitol in Florida, the Legislature approved DeSantis’ map. Governor DeSantis map drawer, Deputy Chief of Staff Alex Kelly, did not look at partisan results, and only considered things like compactness, county and state splits and honoring roadways and waterways. The new map is “race neutral” and it did not make sense for Democrats to protest, when the Legislature was trying to conduct business.