There is a physical cost that lives in our body and keeps us on alert. When people repeatedly witness erasure, exclusion, or the rewriting of history, the body responds as if this danger is near even when the threat is not immediate or visible. Chronic stress activates the nervous system, increasing inflammation, disrupting sleep, elevating blood pressure, and weakening our immune response. Over time, this contributes to the very health disparities Black communities are already navigating. This is not about being “too sensitive.” It is about how the human body responds to prolonged uncertainty, vigilance, and loss of safety cues. There is a mental and emotional cost to this unnamed process.
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That dream lay in wait while Jennifer dealt with her own health needs, married, worked with the mentally ill, helped run a group home for people with disabilities and worked in Nursing Homes. In 1986, despite health challenges, King and her husband had a son. When she found out she was pregnant she started crying.
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