The recent death of rapper Chino XL was determined to have been a suicide, drawing attention to the rate at which Black people are taking their own lives.
Grim statistics show that Black women in particular are among those with the highest rate of death by suicide.
A recent study conducted by psychiatrist Paul Nestadt found that while suicides among White Marylanders decreased by 45 percent between early March and May, rates of suicide-related deaths among Black people in the state spiked by 94 percent during the same time period.
Is it possible that brain damage from Freeda Foreman’s boxing career led to Foreman taking her own life?
