February 19, 2024

Blacks

Around 60% of Black American adults have heart disease, and death rates from the disease are highest among Black Americans compared to other racial and ethnic groups. Still, it's rare for Black patients to find a cardiologist who looks like them.

A country music radio station in rural Oklahoma faced backlash last week when it briefly refused to play Beyoncé's new song, "Texas Hold 'Em." The station later claimed it wasn't aware she had recently released a country song. The incident has reignited a long-running conversation among country music fans about racism in the historically white, male-dominated genre. Listen to parts of Beyoncé's new song and learn about what it could mean for Black women's future in the genre.

 

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