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Vol. 63 No. 11
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Thursday, March 16, 2023
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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 63 Years
Tribute in Remembrance of
Dr. Kitty Reed
By Voice & Viewpoint Staff
Dr. Kitty Reed was one of the original phenomenal women. To paraphrase Rudyard Kipling, “She could talk with crowds and keep her virtue or walk with kings and queens and not lose her common touch.” PHOTO: NNPA
Federal Researchers Find Sudden Unexplained Deaths Rose for Black Infants Black Infants die nearly three times the rate of white babies.
The authors attributed the rise in SIDS cases to diagnostic shifting, where causes of death are reclassified. They said the rise in deaths among Black infants happened at the same time the coronavirus pandemic started in late 2019.
Feds Find Police Discrimination
AFRICAN DIASPORA MUSEUM BOOK SIGNING SEE PAGES 8-9
OUR NEGRO NATIONAL ANTHEM:
The virus disproportionately affected Black communities. “Evidence does not support direct or indirect effects of the pandemic on increased rates of sudden unexpected infant death, except for non-Hispanic Black infants,” the study authors stated. See INFANTS page 2
U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke speaks during a press conference at Louisville Metro Hall in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, March 8, 2023. PHOTO: Timothy D. Easley/AP
civil rights icon Xernona Clayton Honored in Atlanta
By Dylan Lovan ASSOCIATED PRESS The U.S. Justice Department found Louisville police have engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights and discrimination against the Black community following an
CALIFORNIA BLACK MEDIA Civil rights icon Xernona Clayton became the first woman to be enshrined with a statue in downtown Atlanta on March 8. The eight-foot statue with its arms open, propped high on a pedestal, looks down on Xernona Clayton Plaza, making the petite icon a giant in the cradle city of the modern Civil Rights Movement.
investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor.
COVID UPDATES
Attorney General Merrick Garland made the announcement Wednesday. A Justice Department report found the Louisville/Jefferson
Covid-19 cases in southeast
See FEDS page 2
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The US government is asking By Mike Schneider ASSOCIATED PRESS
World renowned sculptor Ed Dwight created the bronze statue despite challenges with his vision. With Dwight by her side, Clayton announced that it would be his final commissioned project. “As he was making this statue he lost vision in his good eye,” Clayton said at a private dinner before the unveiling. “But if he could do this without seeing, imagine what he could do if he had vision.” More than 20 speakers, including representatives from the Bahamas and Ghana, praised Clayton at the unveiling ceremony, which was followed by “High Heels in High Places,” an event honoring distinguished women in business and journalism. Among the “sheroes: honored at the dinner were California Black Media (CBM) Executive Director Regina Brown Wilson and LA Focus Publisher Lisa Collins. Clayton also acknowledged the mothers of several local celebrities, including Silvia Dickens, mother of Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens, Trice Morgan, mother
SOMETHING EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW? SEE PAGE 7
What do race and ethnicity mean?
By Maxim Elramsisy
See XERNONA page 2
PHOTO: Courtesy of Leonard Thompson
After Breonna Taylor Death,
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released research on March 13, 2023, that found a 15 percent increase in sudden infant deaths among babies of all races from 2019 to 2020. In the United States, SIDS is the third leading cause of infant death after congenital abnormalities and premature birth.
Along her journey there were expressions of appreciation for all she contributed to. Christ Church of San See REED page 2
By Stacy M. Brown
A new study has shown a huge racial difference in infant deaths. Researchers have found that babies born to African Americans had the highest rate of sudden unexpected deaths in 2020. The authors concluded that Black infants die nearly three times the rate of white babies.
Born in Jefferson, Texas, she moved to Oakland, California to live with an older sister and later moved to Southern California in 1970 and became very much a part of civic and community life. But her Christian life was always a clear part of her commitment to all that she did.
Xernona Clayton (center), Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens(right) and statue sculptor Ed Dwight as the statue of Xernona Clayton is unveiled in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. PHOTO: Maxim Elramsisy/CBM
the nation’s racial and ethnic categories for the first time since 1997.
Nyhiem Way is weary of people conflating African American and Black. Shalini Parekh wants a way for South Asian people to identify themselves differently than East Asians with roots in places like China or Japan. And Byron Haskins wants the U.S. to toss racial and ethnic labels altogether.
There’s a lot to consider.
“When you set up categories that are used to place people in boxes, sometime you miss the truth of them,” said Haskins, who describes himself as African American.
See RACE page 2
Some Black Americans want their ancestors’ enslavement recognized in how they are identified. Some Jewish people believe their identity should be seen as its own ethnic category and not only a religion. The idea of revising categories for
Way, Parekh and Haskins’ voices are among more than 4,600 comments pending before the Biden administration as it contemplates updating
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