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By Rachel R. Hardeman PhD, MPH ·Updated April 17, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
I was walking through the San Francisco airport, heading home from a weekend that felt like a rare exhale—good food, deep laughter, uninterrupted rest. The kind of ease Black women rarely get to hold for long.
Still carrying that softness, I made my way toward my gate and everything waiting on the other side.
And then I
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