How Do We Overcome Addiction, Poverty, and Residual Slave Mentality in the Black Community?
Michigan Chronicle › August 11, 2009
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To aid in this fight, Joseph Chapman of Columbus, Ohio (a former addict in recovery for more than 13 years) has developed in conjunction with a non-profit corporation an Afro-centric recovery program called "Recovery for the New Millennium." Chapman said, "'Recovery for the New Millennium' goes beyond the traditional 12-step approach and looks at the vestiges of deep seated inferiority complexes and how African American addicts are also simultaneously facing poverty, slave mentalities, poor education and a lack of marketable job skills."
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How Do We Overcome Addiction, Poverty, and Residual Slave Mentality in the Black Community?
According to William H. James and Stephen L. Johnson, "Crack cocaine use by African Americans grew so dramatically that most African American communities were in ...
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