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Opinion: Rittenhouse & Arber y Cases
By Brandon Black
Staff Writer, Bronzeville Campus I feel as if the Kyle Rittenhouse trial or case was unfair to those who were involved especially to those who lost their family members; no justice was served at all. There’s no reason anyone should travel to another state with an AR-15 style assault rifle to be a part of a movement that he himself doesn’t support considering he is a supporter of the
“Blue Lives Matter” movement. I feel like he should have been found guilty for the crimes he commited and be sent to jail and not getting invited by Trump to his resort in Florida. Similar to the Ahmaud Arbery case, we have yet again someone white picking on an innocent black man that led to his death as he was just trying to mind his business and go for a run. Both cases arguing a claim of self defense that shouldn’t have been used because there was no threat. Both cases also seems to have people thinking they have the authori-
ty to enforce the law on others almost acting as if their standing officers when their not All in all the actions of Rittenhouse and Ahmaud Arbery’s murders are not justifiable in any way and this speaks volumes to how much change we need to make in our society and legal system to keep people like this locked up and away for a long time.
Blac k Women & Breast Cancer in Amer ica
By Jeremiah Johnson
Freelance Writer, Bronzeville Campus Every October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month is held nationwide to acknowledge and celebrate women who have breast cancer and advocate early detection. However, Black women are largely left out of such discussions and suffer anti-blackness in cancer care. To understand breast cancer from an intersectional point of view, we have to understand what breast cancer is, and its role in how Black women are treated for such cancer. The Mayo Clinic defines breast cancer as "cancer that forms in the cells of the breasts." Lumps in normal breast tissue and changes in appearance are some of the signs recognized in detecting breast cancer. It is imperative to know your status at the earliest time possible. Every person's breast cancer varies, and some of us never truly know the extent of its damage until it's most likely too late to take any action. Black women are the most marginalized regarding breast cancer and clinical trials for potential breakthroughs. They face a 41% higher death rate, unlike white women (Edmonds/Fayanju, 2021), and 21% of all Black women with breast cancer suffer from more severe subtypes of breast cancer, compared to white women at only 10%. Furthermore, they are systematically underrepresented in clinical trials for effective treatments that eradicate it. As 2
one of many clear-cut examples of the intersections of gender and race within the scope of American medical care, there is no point in even searching for breakthroughs to eradicate breast cancer if Black women continue to die and be victimized and not given full access to such trials. The American Cancer Society founded National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October of 1985, and although the organization advocates and fights for cancer patients to have a healthy life, Black women are still largely left out of such action. It is pointless and invalidating to spread awareness on breast cancer if it doesn't address antiblackness against Black women and continues to give them subpar treatment. Either we begin to center and advocate for Black women in any mention of breast cancer awareness, or they'll continue to suffer in a repeating cycle of misogynistic medical violence.
Mr. Armarion Harris, Class of 2022, Englewood Campus showing his support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October after having loss love ones to Breast Cancer.
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