E. Faye Williams: Let’s talk about it!

(TriceEdneyWire com)—There are many things in life to think about daily, but there’s one we often don’t think of that’s really important. It’s selfish not to think about it just leaving the details of what we want our families or friends to do for us when it comes to our end-of-life decisions and we become unable to make those choices. I know we don’t like to talk about it, but we should recognize we sometimes get to a point where we’re unable to make choices. Someone has to make them for us. April is National Minority Health Month. It’s a time when we try to bring awareness about health disparities that persist among racial and ethnic minorities. Every group of people may experience health challenges; however, I don’t think any community experiences more than the African American community. Much of it has some­thing to do with the lack of health­care or a poor quality of health in our community. Even if we’re not personally impacted, our commu­nity has many challenges, and we should listen to how we improve our healthcare. Let’s not wait every year until April that’s set aside as National Minority Health Month. Let’s bring awareness about disparities...