Hello, Here at Vox, we go beyond the Black History Month basics. For a deep dive into the history of what we now know as Black History Month, check out this explainer from 2016. We've also looked at Black history myths, traced Black history via genealogy and the rising popularity of DNA testing, answered the bad-faith contrarian question "Why don't we have a white history month?", and made the case for a Black History Year. And this month, in my role at Vox as host of our podcast The Weeds, I worked on a special miniseries exploring the issues impacting Black women in particular. My goal was to look at the ways Black women are impacted by things like housing, health care, and even the ability to marry, shedding a light on how these things touch all our lives. In this series, we covered everything from the disproportionately high rates of eviction faced by Black women and children to how our country has made it difficult for Black women to marry to how the chronic stress of racism is affecting the health and medical care of Black Americans. I interviewed experts and academics for each episode who helped us understand the history of how we got here, and how these issues impact our society as a whole — and how we can start to fix them. All three of these episodes of our show are available to listen to wherever you get your podcasts. |
