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The Invisibility of Black Emotional Pain: Conversation with Linda Villarosa
Join Linda Villarosa, author of Under The Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on Health in America, and Melanie Duckworth, Executive Director of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, in a conversation about Villarosa’s reporting into how Black Americans’ health outcomes are disproportionately worse in the United States and the underlying societal causes that led to this result. Villarosa and Duckworth will also discuss how struggles with mental illness for Black Americans are compounded by issues of racism, perception, and bias, and the ways in which psychological wellbeing can impact medical care.
Linda Villarosa is the recipient of the 2024 Robert Laxalt Distinguished Writer Award, jointly awarded by the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada Humanities, and the Laxalt family.
This event is free and presented by our partners Nevada Humanities.