Honoring The History & Legacy of Black Veterans| Beyond the Scenes
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
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The VA Fails Black Veterans in the Scope of Mental Health
Roland Martin: How has the VA failed black veterans in the scope of just mental health? "It took so much courage to try to go and actually have the conversation because people are proud," he says. There's not enough cultural competency within the VA, but there are actors that are entrenched within the Department of Defense That just don't see race as an issue or purposely just want to continue to ravage.""If we hadn't done the study with Yale, but pressure on, I don't know if they would have even said, Hey, we should address the fact that there's a 30% disparity with PTSD," Martin adds.
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