AV on Health: Racial Microaggressions and Your Health

Racial microaggressions are defined as "brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults to the target person or group". Repeated exposure to racial microaggressions has a negative effect on health, including hypertension, heart disease, and mental health issues. We talk about ways to overcome the stress of racial microaggressions and race battle fatigue with psychotherapist Dr. Oshan Gadsden. Plus, the latest on protecting yourself from the Omicron BA.5 variant. Join host Barbara Hamm Lee and co-host, cardiologist Dr. Keith Newby, for Another View on Health.