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Keisha Bentley-Edwards

@keishabentley.bsky.social

I’m a researcher who thinks about Black people and how to improve our wellbeing. If the conversation is Black women, culture, or racism, I’m there.

179 Followers  |  351 Following  |  3 Posts  |  Joined: 06.01.2025  |  1.693

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Check us out! This labor of love and liberation is finally out. Stratification Economics & Disability Justice have your library order it!

05.06.2025 22:42 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Structural racism is at the root of the care and progression disparities for chronic kidney disease. This paper is the foundation for lifesaving interventions that have been #Terminated by the Feds #CantStopWontStop #KeepFighting #HealthEquity

08.05.2025 00:42 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Black Medal of Honor recipient removed from US department of defense website Page honoring Charles C Rogers for his Vietnam war service is now defunct with letters “DEI” added to website address

PAGES FOR WHITES REMAIN ONLINE Message, again: If you’re not a straight white male, anything you accomplish – even rising from segregated schools to 2-star general, rallying men to repel an attack while wounded, earning the Medal of Honor – comes with an asterisk
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

16.03.2025 20:32 — 👍 117    🔁 46    💬 9    📌 5
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Dangerous Chemicals Were Detected in 100% of the Braiding Hair We Tested - Consumer Reports CR tested 10 of the most popular synthetic braiding hair products for heavy metals and VOCs. We found carcinogens and more in 100 percent of the samples.

www.consumerreports.org/health/wigs-...

28.02.2025 06:51 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

📣 📣Early career scholars and doc students! Here’s your chance to get meaningful insights from giants in the field. I have personally benefited from their wisdom. If you’re heading to #SRCD25, sign up for #ChatWithLeaders #SRCDBlackCaucus #BHM

27.02.2025 17:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Associate Director of Research and Director of our Health Equity Working Group @keishabentley.bsky.social was spotlighted by the Black Caucus of the Society for Research in Child Development (@srcdorg.bsky.social) for Black History Month!

Read the full Q+A here: www.srcd.org/news/member-...

25.02.2025 19:21 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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