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We found that perceived racism impacts the quality of their sleep and that disturbed sleep is related to depression. Individuals who have experienced racism could be thinking about what happened the previous day, feeling stressed about their ability to succeed when being judged by something other than merit ? skin tone or a different way of speaking. Sleep is the pathway through which racism affects depression.

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