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4th President at the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. Educator, Father, Grandfather, and Blessed.
May 30, 2020 9 tweets 2 min read
First of all, let me say that this tweet represents me and not the role I carry as the head of higher education in KY. But clearly education matters to what I am saying. I am in the “at-risk” category for Covid-19 based on health factors and race-at twice the risk to die. I was born “at-risk” in the Appalachian hills to Black family in poverty without access to a hospital and follow-up healthcare for my mother and me. A non-licensed mid-wife assisted delivering me at home. Black babies are at twice the risk for infant mortality.