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Steven W. Thrasher is Senior Opinion Columnist and Writer At Large for the Guardian US, and a Henry M. MacCracken doctoral fellow in American Studies at New York University. In 2012, he was named Journalist of the Year by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. He tweets @thrasherxy.
Recently, Steven was on our show talking about his article It’s not a ‘white thing’: the mythology of suicide in black American lives.
During our conversation, Stephen talked about:
– Some background about himself and his writing journey especially working for NPR’s Story Core
– Where did his gift of writing come from
– How it was illegal for his parents to get married in Nebraska and the influence that his father had on his life
– John Henryism, the Sandra Bland incident, suicide in the Black community and how the challenges of life are effecting Blacks
– His thoughts on the state of race after Barack Obama leaves as President of the United States
– His thoughts on the #BlackLivesMatter movement
– What can be done change the suicide rates with Blacks
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