KFF Well being Information Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony sat down with WORLD government producer Chris Hastings to debate the origins of the “Silence in Sikeston” venture, which explores the impression of a 1942 lynching and a 2020 police taking pictures on a rural Missouri group. The collaboration with Retro Report features a documentary movie, instructional movies, digital articles, and a limited-series podcast on the toll racism has on well being.
For extra on the “Silence in Sikeston” venture:
WATCH: The documentary movie “Silence in Sikeston,” a co-production of KFF Well being Information and Retro Report, is now accessible to stream on WORLD’s YouTube channel, WORLDchannel.org and the PBS app.
LISTEN: The limited-series podcast
The 1942 lynching of Cleo Wright in Sikeston, Missouri, and conversations with one of many few remaining witnesses launch a dialogue in regards to the well being penalties of racism and violence in america. Host Cara Anthony speaks with historical past scholar Eddie R. Cole and racial fairness scholar Keisha Bentley-Edwards in regards to the bodily, psychological, and emotional burdens on Sikeston residents and Black Individuals typically.
Racial violence is an expertise shared by residents of Sikeston, Missouri, and lots of Black Individuals. Staying silent within the face of this menace is a survival custom households have handed right down to their youngsters to maintain them secure. After host Cara Anthony uncovers particulars of a police killing in her household, she and psychologist Aiesha Lee focus on the silence that surrounds racism and its results on well being throughout generations — together with the reverberations Anthony and her household stay with in the present day.
READ: KFF Well being Information Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony wrote an essay about what her reporting on this venture helped her study her circle of relatives’s hidden previous.
canthony@kff.org,
@CaraRAnthony
