Many oppressed people recoil into survival mode, compromising their dignity and just about everything else just to make it from day to day. But accepting a victim status somehow takes a toll on our physical health. I believe that high blood pressure and a poor diet, coupled with this mind-set as an oppressed people, have created the high percentage of American black men who are dying from hypertension and heart disease. People should not disconnect their mental state from their physical well-being.
