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Keisha Bentley-Edwards

@keishabentley.bsky.social
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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.

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Keisha Bentley-Edwards @keishabentley.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Check us out! This labor of love and liberation is finally out. Stratification Economics & Disability Justice have your library order it!
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Keisha Bentley-Edwards @keishabentley.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
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
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
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...
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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
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jasminecobbphd.bsky.social @jasminecobbphd.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
www.consumerreports.org/health/wigs-...
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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.
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Keisha Bentley-Edwards @keishabentley.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
📣 📣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
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The Samuel DuBois Cook Center @sdcookcenter.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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-...
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