Dr. Cheryl Grills

professor, Loyola Marymount

Dr. Cheryl Grills on KCRW

California has created a reparations task force to study the history and effects of systemic racism on Black people, and to look at ways to atone for and remedy it.

More than money needed for reparations in CA, task force says

California has created a reparations task force to study the history and effects of systemic racism on Black people, and to look at ways to atone for and remedy it.

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A survey of 6,000 kids at 7 of LA’s inner city high schools reveal symptoms of what professionals call “clinical depression” largely due to a fear of violence.

Depression in South LA Schools

A survey of 6,000 kids at 7 of LA’s inner city high schools reveal symptoms of what professionals call “clinical depression” largely due to a fear of violence.

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