Meet Dr Jennifer Young, a research specialist, healthcare company owner and my sibling. She developed a programme with the University of Birmingham to tackle trauma in young people and holds a diploma from the University of Cambridge The world has seen black people more talked about in recent months than anytime in the last decade. From the impact of COVID19 on black communities to the death of a black man at the hands of racist police in the USA. My sister and I have a lot in common, we are millennials who grew up in Leeds UK born to first generation Nigerian parents; we experienced disadvantage and racism but still made amazing memories and achieved some great things. So what's all the fuss about Black Lives Matter? Well a protest against police brutality sparked a worldwide debate about systematic, institutionalised and generational racism and effects on the black race today. This episode titled my black life is a personal account of growing up black in the north of England, designed to answer some questions about the seriousness of racism, the impact on mental health and the solution to healing.