It's Not Your Imagination — The Mental Toll of Black Male Injustice

This episode wasn't planned. The news cycle made it necessary.Two young Black males. Two victims — one dead, one sentenced to 35 years for self-defense.Cyrus Carmack-Belton was 14 years old, shot in the back over four bottles of water he didn't steal. Not guilty.Karmelo Anthony claimed self-defense at a track meet. 35 years. Meanwhile two other teens — one white, one Hispanic — made the same claim. One got 10 years. One got probation.The Marshall Project examined nearly half a million homicides over 34 years. When a Black man is killed by a non-Black civilian, the killing is ruled justifiable almost 17% of the time. For everyone else — fewer than 2%.This isn't an opinion. This is a documented pattern.This episode is about what that pattern does to the Black male mind — and what we do with those feelings so they don't consume us.You aren't crazy. Your feelings are valid. You are not alone.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.