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'We're losing our kids': Black youth suicide rate rising far faster than for whites; coronavirus,
Full Headline: 'We're losing our kids': Black youth suicide rate rising far faster than for whites; coronavirus, police violence deepen trauma
USA Today
Jayne O'Donnell
8:10 AM June 7
WASHINGTON – A decade after she tried to take her life as a college freshman, Victoria Waltz, a gifted child who played the harp, is only beginning to understand how things got so bad.
"It's been a journey and a process from then to now," said Waltz, now 28. "It was a slow build up over time, starting in middle school. I had a lot of challenges trying to fit in and not knowing to talk about how I was really feeling."
Girls started to bully the too tall, too smart girl with acne and glasses, who grew up middle class in Prince George's County, Maryland, one of the wealthiest black counties in the U.S.
Aabrielle Spear remembers the first time she felt truly hopeless. She was in kindergarten and also bullied by classmates.
Spear had suicidal thoughts by third grade, compounded by her parents’ separation, strict teachers and her mother's career and graduate studies, which sometimes kept her from home until late at night.
"It's been a journey and a process from then to now," said Waltz, now 28. "It was a slow build up over time, starting in middle school. I had a lot of challenges trying to fit in and not knowing to talk about how I was really feeling."
Girls started to bully the too tall, too smart girl with acne and glasses, who grew up middle class in Prince George's County, Maryland, one of the wealthiest black counties in the U.S.
Aabrielle Spear remembers the first time she felt truly hopeless. She was in kindergarten and also bullied by classmates.
Spear had suicidal thoughts by third grade, compounded by her parents’ separation, strict teachers and her mother's career and graduate studies, which sometimes kept her from home until late at night.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/06/07/coronavirus-police-violence-boost-risks-rising-black-youth-suicide/2300765001/
